Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring is influential in changing American attitudes toward pesticides and herbicides, which were in wide use after World War II to achieve mosquito-free backyards and velvety green lawns.

Sarah E. Boslaugh. “Silent Spring” in Encyclopedia Brittanica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Silent-Spring

Silent Spring, Book of the Month Club edition with report by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.