Nothing Can Survive On The Planet Unless

No Action Is Without Its Side Effects.

The First Law Of Ecology Is That Everything Is Related To Everything Else.

Seen That Way, The Wholesale Transformation Of Production Technologies That Is Mandated By Pollution Prevention Creates A New Surge Of Economic Development.

The Environmental Crisis Is Somber Evidence Of An Insidious Fraud Hidden In The Vaunted Productivity And Wealth Of Modern, Technology-based Society. This Wealth Has Been Gained By Rapid Short-term Exploitation Of The Environmental System, But It Has Blindly Accumulated A Debt To Nature-a Debt So Large And So Pervasive That In The Next Generation It May, If Unpaid, Wipe Out Most Of The Wealth It Has Gained Us.

In Every Case, The Environmental Hazards Were Made Known Only By Independent Scientists, Who Were Often Bitterly Opposed By The Corporations Responsible For The Hazards.