Quotes from Silent Spring - Dev

"Dazzled by the spectacular new insecticides of the 1940's, turned their tracks back on all biological methods and set foot on the "treadmill of chemical control." " P278

"Through all these new, imaginative, and creative approaches to the problem of sharing or earth with other creatures there runs a constant theme, the awareness that we are dealing with life - with living populations and all theire pressures and counter-pressures, theire surges and recessions." P296

"These extraordinary capacities of life have been ignored by the practitioners of chemical control who have brought to theire tast no "high-minded orientation," no humility before the cast forces with which they tamper" P297

These few quotes show what Carsons says about the effect on nature with developing technologies. She says that we are becoming more dependant on technological innovations in all fields of life as our population increases, and we do not take into consideration the effect that has on nature.