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Putting chemicals into use before we understand the ramifications can be a dangerous practice. When Silent Spring researchers examined homes as part of the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study, for example, they found DDT in two-thirds of the homes. DDT, which was banned in 1972, had lingered for more than 30 years.
