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Barry Commoner

The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry, agriculture, energy and transportation - essential as they are, make people sick and die.

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Barry Commoner is saying that the way we produce goods and energy in key sectors like industry and farming directly harms human health. This means that the very processes we rely on for daily life are causing sickness and death, which is at the root of environmental problems.

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