Activity Quote by Barry Commoner

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

— Anonymous

Finally, since human beings are uniquely capable of producing materials not found in nature, environmental degradation may be due to the resultant intrusion into…

— Barry Commoner

Over the long term, it is more profitable to do the right thing for the environment than to pollute it.

— Aaron Feuerstein

We've had a century in which we've allowed some industries to basically pollute the air, pollute the water, pollute the ground, pollute the rivers,…

— David Rosner

If we emit massive quantities of untested chemicals into the environment, some of them are bound to end up in places that surprise us,…

— Donella Meadows

Food and the way we grow it and produce it are a major cause of environmental degradation.

— Anonymous

It is essential that we take steps to prevent chemical substances from becoming environmental hazards. Unless we develop better methods to assure adequate testing…

— Richard M. Nixon

Perhaps the simplest example is a synthetic plastic, which unlike natural materials, is not degraded by biological decay. It therefore persists as rubbish or…

— Barry Commoner

“the majority of our most serious environmental problems start right here, at home, and if we are to solve these problems, we need an…

— Steven Vogel

I am really concerned about all of the chemicals. Global warming is another huge one, but the amount of chemicals being used in like…

— Mason Jennings

Everything we make pollutes. The most responsible thing we can do is to make each product as well as we know how so it…

— Yvon Chouinard

Pollution is merely a resource that isn't being used properly.

— R. Buckminster Fuller