-Effects

====The biggest effect that //Silent Spring// had was that it was credited with helping launch the EPA. The EPA is the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA was established in 1970, and it was started to help protect the nations environment from pollution.What the EPA did was enforce the protection of the environment and they research pollution. The 1st leader of the Superfunds was Anne Burford who resigned on March 1983. William D. Ruckelshaus had been the first EPA chief and took Burford's place. ====

==== Another effect was The Liberty Act, or the Super Funds. The Superfunds was started in 1980. It gave $1.6 billion for cleaning up toxic waste sites. Then during 1983 the EPA was being criticized for the way they were running the Superfunds. Then in 1986 the Superfund was brought back it came with an additional $8.5 billion. ====