Author: Barry Commoner

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What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.

What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.

- Barry Commoner

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

- Barry Commoner

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

- Barry Commoner

World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.

World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.

- Barry Commoner

My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.

My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically - and destructively - demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons.

- Barry Commoner

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

- Barry Commoner

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards.

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards.

- Barry Commoner

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II.

- Barry Commoner

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

- Barry Commoner

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