Bones Quote by Rachel Carson

Harmful bacteria, viruses, calcium-forming micro-organisms, and candida are part of our world. Unfortunately, so are toxic chemicals, including everything from pesticides to car pollution…

— David Wolfe

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer and chemicals into farming, the more we knock out…

— David R. Brower

One thing is all things. To resolve one matter, one must resolve all matters. Changing one thing changes all things. Once I made the…

— Masanobu Fukuoka

Almost all the world is natural chemicals, so it really makes you re-think everything. A cup of coffee is filled with chemicals. They've identified…

— Bruce Ames

The effort to eliminate synthetic pesticides because of unsubstantiated fears about residues in food will make fruits and vegetables more expensive, decrease consumption, and…

— Bruce Ames

We can break the mountains apart; we can drain the rivers and flood the valleys. We can turn the most luxuriant forests into throw-away…

— Thomas Berry

The more I learned about the use of pesticides, the more appalled I became. I realized that here was the material for a book.…

— Rachel Carson

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

I'm thinking waiters and waitresses are going to be bracing for more customers coming in going, not just kind of where is that beef…

— Michael Moss

Training of farmers in integrated pest management is exceedingly important to protect them during the use of pesticides.

— M. S. Swaminathan

Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is on schedule…

— Carol Browner

I don't prefer to fill my body with antibiotics, pesticides, steroids, and growth hormones - my body is my temple, and I treat it…

— Suzanne Whang

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

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