"We are poisoning our children's future with our shortsighted actions."

"We are faced with a situation in which the public is being asked to accept a diet of poisons in order to satisfy the demands of a few powerful interests."

"The ocean is a vast and mysterious realm, full of wonders yet to be discovered."

"It is a wholesome and necessary thing for us to turn again to the earth and in the contemplation of her beauties to know the sense of wonder and humility."

"We are dealing with the most dangerous substances in the world, and we are treating them with a casual indifference that borders on criminal."