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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477448" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Pesticide Fields</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">For Rachel Carson,1907-1968</div><div style="margin:10px 0">In La Belle Dame sans Merci<br>John Keats writes about the sedge <br>That withered from the lake<br>And the birds that stopped to sing.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But unlike the poet’s merciless Dame<br>You, Rachel, you were a Lady<br>Of great compassion.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The eels and the scombrids still swim<br>Under the Sea Wind somehow<br>Yet your Silent Spring evokes<br>A verdant season without bird song<br>On the pesticide fields.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Half a century ago you warned <br>That the abuse of DDT <br>And other chemicals harm <br>And kill animals and humans.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And then the chemical corporations<br>Reacted to your words<br>With savage furor and venom.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They accused you with all sort of things: <br>Of being a hysterical woman<br>Without proper scientific training<br>Who did not understand the need<br>To weigh potential risks against benefits.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They also accused you <br>Of being responsible<br>For millions of deaths around the globe<br>Caused by malaria<br>Because DDT can kill mosquitoes<br>And a ban on it would hinder control<br>Of malaria transmission. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">These were untrue <br>And malicious accusations.<br>In fact, you never suggested <br>To ban DDT or chemicals.<br>You just said to use pesticides<br> With caution and to spray <br>With as little as possible.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Since then your vision <br>Has been vindicated <br>And remarkably, the poisonous campaign<br>Of the chemical industry against you <br>Backfired. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The public became aware <br>Of the dangers of pesticides<br>And governments outlawed <br>The use of DDT.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">However, you became gravely ill <br>In the struggle.<br>I don’t know<br>Whether the breast cancer you contracted<br>Was caused by environmental degradation<br> And pollution<br>Augmented by the toxic fumes <br>Of a vicious campaign against you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who knows? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rachel, my brave and fragile, <br>My wise and farsighted lady, <br>We only know that you died <br>Of a heart attack.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Hartal">Paul Hartal</a><div class=q>
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In La Belle Dame sans Merci
John Keats writes about the sedge 
That withered from the lake
And the birds that stopped to sing.

But unlike the poet’s merciless Dame
You, Rachel, you were a Lady
Of great compassion.

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