When Carson wrote her book, she knew it would attract criticism from chemical companies. To prepare for this, she had the book checked, checked her facts, and made sure all her T's were crossed and her I's dotted, so to speak. America's Story summarized the attacks against her: “They spent hundreds of thousands of dollars attacking her personally and trying to discredit her claims. She was called a lover of birds, a lover of cats, a lover of fish, a priestess of nature, as well as a hysterical woman and a poor scientist” (America's Story, n.d.). Carson has been criticized for basically choosing plants and animals over humans. One chemical company even wrote a book about what life would be like if there were no pesticides in the world (America's Story, n.d.). These companies knew they couldn't discredit the information in her book with scientific evidence, so they tried the next best thing, discrediting her as an author and scientist. This, however, was not enough to destroy what Carson had worked for, as his book Silent Spring eventually led to the development of