Question

what major environmental movement did \silent spring\ help launch? the industrial revolution the recycling initiative of the 1980s the modern environmental movement

Explanation:

Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring, which exposed the harmful ecological impacts of pesticides, is widely credited with sparking the modern environmental movement, leading to policy changes and widespread public environmental awareness. The industrial revolution predated the book, and 1980s recycling initiatives emerged later as a subset of the broader modern environmental movement.

Answer:

the modern environmental movement