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For the first time in the history of the world, every human being

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. – Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, 1962

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Waste not the smallest thing created, for grains of sand make mountains, and atomies infinity. – E.Knight

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When some high-sounding institute states that a compound is harmless or a process free of risk, it is wise to know whence the institute or the scientists who work there obtain their financial support. – Lancet, editorial on the "medical-industrial complex," 1973

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Our modern industrial economy takes a mountain covered with trees, lakes, running streams and transforms it into a mountain of junk, garbage, slime pits, and debris. – Edward Abbey

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We have met the enemy and he is us. – Walt Kelly, Pogo, April 1970

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