Which of the Following Was Instrumental in Bringing Awareness to the Dangers

question 31

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was instrumental in bringing awareness to the dangers of pesticides, and resulted in the creation of a presidential panel to investigate them?

• A) the fire on Cuyahoga River in northeast Ohio
• B) Earth Day festivities in 1970
• C) the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency
• D) the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
• E) the passage of the Clean Air Act

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