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Barry Commoner, né le 28 mai 1917 à Brooklyn et mort le 30 septembre 2012, est un biologiste américain. Il a notamment participé à l’élection présidentielle américaine en 1980 pour le Citizens Party . Wikipedia  

✵ 28. mai 1917 – 30. septembre 2012
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“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.

“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}