Rachel Carson is indirectly responsible for the unnecessary death of millions of Africans as a result of publishing her 1962 best-selling book Silent Spring. Though Carson has been praised for raising concerns regarding the use and misuse of herbicides and insecticides, her extreme opposition has created a fear about using such chemicals. Her book has resulted in many policy changes that have restricted the use and limited the access of life-saving chemicals in Africa. One chemical in particular is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). Many countries ceased the use the chemical for malaria control once her book cataloged the environmental impacts of DDT use. As a result, many Africans succumbed to malaria.

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