Pesticides Quotes

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Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal. — Brigitte Bardot
The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out the… — David R. Brower
When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I… — Jerry Brown
The cleanup costs of polluting a river, injecting pesticides into the ground water, or putting noxious gases into the air have not been figured into… — Gloria Steinem
When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the Dark… — Paul Hawken
Recognize meat for what it really is: the antibiotic- and pesticide-laden corpse of a tortured animal. — Ingrid Newkirk
It's amazing how people can get so excited about a rocket to the moon and not give a damn about smog, oil leaks, the devastation… — Cesar Chavez
Organic agriculture is more about fairness and respect than it is about parts-per-billion of pesticide residues — Jim Hightower
Exposure to some pesticides during infancy, even at very low levels, can lead to serious life-long consequences if the pesticides disrupt hormone-driven developmental processes. — Charles Benbrook
The great virtue of a diversified food economy, like a diverse pasture or farm, is its ability to withstand any shock. The important thing is… — Michael Pollan
The standard approach has been to pump up the dosage of chemicals ... Twenty percent of these approved-for-use pesticides are listed by the EPA as… — Barbara Kingsolver
Too many cars, too many factories, too much detergent, too much pesticides, multiplying contrails, inadequate sewage treatment plants, too little water, too much carbon dioxide… — Paul R. Ehrlich
Those externalized costs have always included labor. It is only the decline over time of the minimum wage in real dollars that's made the fast… — Michael Pollan
One animal or plant species may become extinct every hour. All species are doomed to extinction, but man through worldwide development/killing animals for food/profit/using toxic… — Unknown Author
First law: The pesticide paradox. Every method you use to prevent or find bugs leaves a residue of subtler bugs against which those methods are… — Boris Beizer
Despite a tenfold increase in the use of pesticides between 1947 and 1974 (in the US), crop losses due to pests have...remained at an estimated… — Frances Moore LappÃ©
If manufacturers are so sure there is nothing wrong with genetically modified foods, pesticides and cloned meats, they should have no problems labeling them as… — Adam Gollner
We are eating hybridized and genetically modified (GMO) foods full of antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, and additives that were unknown to our immune systems just a… — Mark Hyman, M.D.
When the planes still swoop down and aerial spray a field in order to kill a predator insect with pesticides, we are in the Dark… — Paul Hawken
Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is on schedule to… — Carol Browner
When we mistake what we can know for all there is to know, a healthy appreciation of one's ignorance in the face of a mystery… — Michael Pollan
The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is a place where… — Wes Jackson
Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for its coffee as its competitors do, and is very careful to help coffee… — Jared Diamond
Everything I do, I try to think, 'Okay, what are the ramifications?' Like, with the clothes I wear, I prefer if it's grown organically, because… — Woody Harrelson
I've said this over and over, but I'll say it a million more times - I'm concerned more about the death of a bee than… — Patti Smith

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