“The figure is staggering and its implications are not easily…”

“The figure is staggering and its implications are not easily grasped-500 new chemicals to which the bodies of men and animals are required somehow to adapt each year, chemicals totally outside the limits of biologic experience.”

— Rachel Carson

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