“If environmental protection efforts continue to lag behind economic growth, pollution will become even more rampant.” IfsGrowthEffortBehindsEconomicEnvironmentalProtectionPollutionEconomic GrowthEnvironmental ProtectionLag Author:Zhou Shengxian
“We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.” GrowthFutureStatisticsPollutionPercentagesOverpopulationEnvironmental PollutionAir Quality Author:Gunter Grass
“The study of how substances alter gene expression is part of the field of epigenetics. Some chemical exposures appear to turn on and turn off genes in ways that disregulate cell growth and predispose for cancer. From this perspective, our genes are less the command-and-control masters of our cells and more like the keys of piano, with the environment as the hands of the pianist.” WayHandsTurnsGrowthStudyEnvironmentFieldsExpressionMastersPerspectiveKeysEnvironmentalCancerCommandCellsSubstancePianoChemicalsGenesPollutionExposureTurn-onPianistTurn OffCommand And Control Book:Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment Source: Living Downstream: An Ecologist's Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment
“Draconian limits on economic growth and on the use of the automobile should not be necessary in order to give Americans clean air at levels they are willing to pay for, but it will require significant Federal, State, and local leadership and innovative approaches from government and industry.” GivingShouldStatesUseGovernmentOrderGrowthLevelsPayAirEconomicWillingIndustryLimitsApproachCleanEnvironmentalSignificantLocalsPollutionInnovativeEconomic GrowthAutomobileClean AirDraconian Author:George H. W. Bush
“Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.” YearsGrowthPlansMetsStandardsEnvironmentalCurrentsProtectionDespiteDustAgencyRemarkablePollutionApprovedArizonaEnvironmental ProtectionOzoneOzone LayerOzone Depletion Author:Jane D. Hull