Quotes for All
Certainly people in empty places feel they have the right to do what they want to their property and don’t necessarily see the effect of their pollution or pesticides on others. But Texans have an appreciation for water problems and are very aware of the droughts. Gail Collins
Why aren’t we looking at the causes of breast cancer? Why aren’t we spending our energy on looking at what we’re doing to the earth? On the pollutants we’re putting into the earth? And the pesticides we’re putting into the earth? What we’re releasing into the air? Instead, we just cut off more organs! That’s … Read more
I always knew pesticides affected farmworkers. That’s why I always tell people, eat organic. Not just because it’s better for you but because you know the people who picked your food weren’t in a toxic environment. Eva Longoria
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 chemicals such as pesticides/industrial wastes, will accelerate the extinction of plants/animals and the result will be a more hostile environment for man. Erik P. Eckholm
Insect resistance to a pesticide was first reported in 1947 for the Housefly (Musca domestica) with respect to DDT. Since then resistance to one or more pesticides has been reported in at least 225 species of insects and other arthropods. The genetic variants required for resistance to the most diverse kinds of pesticides were apparently … Read more
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 33%. Losses due to insects alone have nearly doubled, …from 7% in the 1942-1951 period to about 13% in 1974. Frances Moore Lappé
I’m glad that the fact that people are still getting poisoned by pesticide drift is gaining attention. Dolores Huerta
As we’ve focused more on our food and where it comes from, people now have greater awareness of what’s being put onto our food, pesticides, labeling issues, and consumer health. Dolores Huerta
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 to nuclear radiation to most municipal tap waters. 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 the mechanism that made it all work in the first place. David R. Brower