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Pollution
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“For the first time in the history of the world, every human being is now subjected to contact with dangerous chemicals, from the moment of conception until death.”
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“As crude a weapon as the cave man's club, the chemical barrage has been hurled against the fabric of life — a fabric on the one hand delicate and destructible, on the other miraculously tough and resilient, and capable of striking back in unexpected ways.”
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“Under the philosophy that now seems to guide our destinies, nothing must get in the way of the man with the spray gun.”
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“In an age when man has forgotten his origins and is blind even to his most essential needs for survival, water along with other resources has become the victim of his indifference.”
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“With the pollution of our rivers today they are changing the signs from 'No Fishing' to 'No Fish.'”
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“Birds, with short lives, are teaching us what pesticides, herbicides, oil in the ocean, pollutants of many sorts may also be doing to long-lived human bodies. Birds and fish kills wave red flags at us, although we don't often heed them.”
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“... everything is toxic. That's the point. You can't avoid toxins. Thinking you can is just another symptom of the toxic overload stage.”
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“If a person is found dead here, a postmorten will always reveal whether he has spent less than three weeks in the city. That is the length of time it takes this pollution to invade the body, after which it is there forever.”
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“The U.S. population, a mere four or five percent of the world total, creates half the world's toxic waste.”
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“I have witnessed the takeover of my world by plastic.”