Bugs Quote by Boris Beizer

There have been various pesticides that have been properly tested, that have been registered and then have been used and later on they've been…

— George Deukmejian

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we…

— Woody Harrelson

My understanding has always been that if there is any indication that pesticides are harmful, that they would not be allowed to be used.

— George Deukmejian

When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the…

— Paul Hawken

I'm glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention.

— Dolores Huerta

These sprays, dusts, and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests, and homes-nonselective chemicals that have the power to kill every…

— Rachel Carson

Why would anyone believe it is possible to lay down such barrage of poisons on the surface of the earth without making it unfit…

— Rachel Carson

A good laugh is the best pesticide.

— Vladimir Nabokov

We urgently need an end to these false assurances, to the sugar coating of unpalatable facts. It is the public that is being asked…

— Rachel Carson

Most of the time pests and disease are just nature's way of telling the farmer he's doing something wrong.

— Michael Pollan

It is ironic to think that man might determine his own future by something so seemingly trivial as the choice of an insect spray.

— Rachel Carson

Insect resistance to a pesticide was first reported in 1947 for the Housefly (Musca domestica) with respect to DDT. Since then resistance to one…

— Francisco J. Ayala