Why does Carson think that living things cannot adapt to overcome the new chemicals that human beings introduce to the natural world?

Carson argues that living things need many generations to adapt, but human-made chemicals are introduced into the environment at a pace far faster than that process can occur. The chemicals can therefore harm organisms before they have time to develop ways to cope with them. This supports the choice that chemicals are produced too quickly for living things to adapt.

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