Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American
marine biologist and
nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global
environmental movement.
In the late 1950s, Carson turned her attention to conservation and the environmental problems caused by synthetic
pesticides. The result was
Silent Spring (1962), which brought environmental concerns to an unprecedented portion of the American public.
Silent Spring spurred a reversal in national pesticide policy—leading to a nationwide ban on
DDT and other pesticides—and the
grassroots environmental movement the book inspired led to the creation of the
Environmental Protection Agency. Carson was posthumously awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by
Jimmy Carter.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson
Paul Hermann Müller(January 12, 1899 – October 12, 1965) was a
Swiss chemist and Nobel laureate. In 1948 he received the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of
DDT in the control of
vector diseases such as
malaria and
yellow fever.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Hermann_Muller
