The Age Of Innocent Faith In Science

By Adopting The Control Strategy, The Nation's Environmental Program Has Created A Built-in Antagonism Between Environmental Quality And Economic Growth.

What The New Fertilizer Technology Has Accomplished For The Farmer Is Clear: More Crop Can Be Produced On Less Acreage Than Before. Since The Cost Of Fertilizer, Relative To The Resultant Gain In Crop Sales, Is Lower Than That Of Any Other Economic Input, And Since The Land Bank Pays The Farmer For Acreage Not In Crops, The New Technology Pays Him Well. The Cost-in Environmental Degradation-is Borne By His Neighbors In Town Who Find Their Water Polluted. The New Technology Is An Economic Success-but Only Because It Is An Ecological Failure.

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

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.

The Proper Use Of Science Is Not To Conquer Nature But To Live In It.