In general, any productive activity which introduces substances foreign to the natural environment runs a considerable risk of polluting it.
Barry CommonerWhat is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point - the exclusive right to govern the systems of production.
Barry CommonerEnvironmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.
Barry CommonerTechnologists practice faith too; 'Faith that problems have solutions before having the knowledge to solve them.'
Barry CommonerDespite the dazzling successes of modern technology and the unprecedented power of modern military systems, they suffer from a common and catastrophic fault. While providing us with a bountiful supply of food, with great industrial plants, with high-speed transportation, and with military weapons of unprecedented power, they threaten our very survival.
Barry Commoner