"World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole."
-Barry Commoner
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"Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.“
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"The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over."
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"What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology."
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"It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance."
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"The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society and the natural environment."
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"This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment."
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