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From: jru@etn-rad.UUCP (John Unekis)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,sci.bio,sci.misc
Subject: Re: pesticides
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Date: Tue, 11-Aug-87 12:38:05 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 11 12:38:05 1987
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In article <4960@ihlpa.ATT.COM> harolds1@ihlpa.ATT.COM (Schessler) writes:
>Silent Spring Still Flows ....
>    (many words) ...
>	    In the 25 years  since  "Silent  Spring"  first  warned
>       about  chlordane,  and  a warehouseful of other poisons,	not
>       much  has  changed  politically.	  The  industry	 is   still
>       winning,	 the  public  still  losing, and the government	not
>       caring much either way.
>
       Unfortunately the alternative to the use of pesticides is
       world famine. One thing that would help the cause of 
       environmentalists gain credibility and even respect in the
       public view would be a constructive alternative that would still
       allow us to feed our growing population. Schemes which involve
       teaching a populace with a welfare-class mentality how to 
       raise soy beans in window boxes full of human feces are the
       realm of science fiction. Realistic alternatives to pesticide
       use can't involve a radical restructuring of our society or 
       economy if they are to have any hope of being accepted.
       
       As Woody Allen once said-

	   "More than any other time in history, mankind faces a 
	   crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness.
	   The other to total extinction. Let us pray we have the
	   wisdom to choose correctly."

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