Accepted Lung-Rot and Worse

A ruined life is not acceptable. [Former US vice-president Hubert Humphreys]

They have poisoned the Thames and killed the fish in the river. A little further development of the same wisdom and science will complete the poisoning of the air, and kill the dwellers on the banks . . . I almost think it is the destiny of science to exterminate the human race. [Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866)]

Anyone who studies our poisonous drugs, our denatured food, our deathtrap automobiles and houses, our lung-rotting cities, must concede that we accept a good deal of murder as inevitable simply because it is done to make or save money. [Joy Davidman]

It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it. [Former Vice President Dan Quayle]