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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic acti

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline – which prevented it from entering the environment. – Barry Commoner

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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology. – Barry Commoner

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What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that dont go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are. – Barry Commoner

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It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance. – Barry Commoner

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Moral codes adjust themselves to environmental conditions. – Will Durant

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Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didnt even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago. – Gaylord Nelson

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