The title is a parody of the 1974 anti-war song "Billy Don't Be A Hero" written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander and sung by Paper Lace. "Billy, don't be a hero! Don't be a fool with your life! Billy, don't be a hero! Come back and make me your wife!"
Toxic waste dumped into the 'Silent Springs Recreational Area'. In 1962, Rachel Carson's book 'The Silent Spring' showed us the ecological dangers of toxic chemicals, especially insecticides like DDT. This book started the ecology movement and prompted the formation of the US EPA.