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Barry Commoner was an American cellular biologist, college professor, and politician. He was a leading ecologist and among the founders of the modern environmental movement. He was the director of the Center for Biology of Natural Systems and its Critical Genetics Project. He ran as the Citizens Party candidate in the 1980 U.S. presidential election. His work studying the radioactive fallout from nuclear weapons testing led to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty of 1963. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. May 1917 – 30. September 2012
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Barry Commoner Quotes

“Clearly, we have compiled a record of serious failures in recent technological encounters with the environment. In each case, the new technology was brought into use before the ultimate hazards were known. We have been quick to reap the benefits and slow to comprehend the costs.”

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Quoted from "Frail Reeds in a Harsh World". New York: The American Museum of Natural History. Natural History. Journal of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. LXXVIII No. 2, February, 1969, p. 44.

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“The peak of the [Presidential] campaign happened in Albuquerque, where a local reporter said to me, "Dr. Commoner, are you a serious candidate or are you just running on the issues?"”

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Quoted in Thomas Vinciguerra, "At 90, an Environmentalist From the ’70s Still Has Hope," http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/19/science/earth/19conv.html?ei=5124&en=37f1d07ebf1f8512&ex=1339992000&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=print The New York Times (2007-06-19}

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