And much like Rachel Carson brought to attention the fact that pesticides were harming human health, "Under the Dome" stamped into the popular consciousness that air pollution was leading to one million premature deaths every year in China alone.
So wie Rachel Carson an die Öffentlichkeit brachte, dass Pestizide der Gesundheit schaden, brannte "Under the Dome" in das allgemeine Bewusstsein ein, dass Luftverschmutzung jedes Jahr zu einer Million vorzeitigen Toden alleine in China führt.