The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. – Barry Commoner
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law in journalism, literature and art. – Barry Commoner
The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities. – Barry Commoner
World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole. – Barry Commoner