It's been more than 60 years since environmentalist Rachel Carson's book, "Silent Spring," challenged the widespread use of synthetic pesticides like DDT and helped launch the modern environmental movement.

This hour, we learn about Carson's life, work and her enduring legacy through a new exhibit at Yale's Beinecke Library.

We'll also examine a current environmental challenge: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. This a class of man-made chemicals can be found in drinking water systems across Connecticut and the country. We'll explore the health concerns surrounding PFAS, efforts to limit exposure and what Carson's story can teach us about responding to today's environmental risks.

Guests:
Vasilis Vasiliou: Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale University
Carla Baricz: Librarian for Literature in English and Comparative Literature, curator for Beinecke Library’s exhibition: “Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision”
James Kessenides: Kaplanoff Librarian for American History at the Yale Library, curator for Beinecke Library’s exhibition: “Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision”

It's been more than 60 years since environmentalist Rachel Carson's book, "<a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/silent-spring-rachel-carson/b797631377260b2d?ean=9780618249060&amp;next=t">Silent Spring</a>," challenged the widespread use of synthetic pesticides like DDT and helped launch the modern environmental movement.
This hour, we learn about Carson's life, work and her enduring legacy through a new exhibit at&nbsp;<a href="https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/">Yale's Beinecke Library.</a>
We'll also examine a current environmental challenge: per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS. This a class of man-made chemicals can be found in drinking water systems across Connecticut and the country. We'll explore the health concerns surrounding PFAS, efforts to limit exposure and what Carson's story can teach us about responding to today's environmental risks.
Guests:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://ysph.yale.edu/profile/vasilis-vasiliou/">Vasilis Vasiliou</a>:&nbsp;Professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale University</li>
<li>Carla Baricz:&nbsp;Librarian for Literature in English and Comparative Literature, curator for Beinecke Library&rsquo;s exhibition: &ldquo;<a href="https://events.yale.edu/event/silent-springs-windswept-seas-rachel-carsons-environmental-vision">Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson&rsquo;s Environmental Vision</a>&rdquo;</li>
<li>James Kessenides: Kaplanoff Librarian for American History at the Yale Library, curator for&nbsp;<a href="https://beinecke.library.yale.edu/">Beinecke Library&rsquo;s</a>&nbsp;exhibition: &ldquo;Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson&rsquo;s Environmental Vision&rdquo;</li>
</ul>

Produced by Connecticut Public, 'Where We Live' puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.

Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world.

Where We Live

Produced by Connecticut Public, '<a href="https://www.ctpublic.org/show/where-we-live/about">Where We Live'</a> puts Connecticut in context. Host Catherine Shen brings us fascinating, informed, in-depth conversations and stories beyond news headlines.  We start local, but we take time to explore domestic and international issues and consider how they impact us personally and here at home.