Silent Spring is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to identifying and changing the links between environmental pollutants and women's health, especially breast cancer.

Why was Silent Spring Institute founded?

Silent Spring Institute was founded in 1994 by activists from the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition who questioned the elevated breast cancer rates throughout Cape Cod and called for an investigation of their causes. Today, this alliance comprises scientists, activists, physicians, public health advocates, and elected officials united around the common goal of finding preventable causes of breast cancer. It is a collaboration that has few parallels in the world of public health.

How was Silent Spring Institute's name chosen?

Silent Spring Institute is named in recognition of Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring, the seminal book on the dangers of synthetic chemicals to our environment. Published in 1962, Silent Spring is credited with changing the public's consciousness on environmental issues. Her book and her tireless campaign to take its message to the public helped establish what many consider to be Carson's legacy: the environmental movement. Rachel Carson died of breast cancer in 1964.

Where is Silent Spring Institute?

Silent Spring Institute is located at:

29 Crafts Street
Newton, MA 02458
617.332.4288
617.332.4284 (fax)

info@silentspring.org