it took hundreds of millions of years to produce the life that now inhabits the earth. given time not in years but in millennia life adjusts, and a balance has been reached. but in the modern world there is no time.
it is not my contention that chemical insecticides must never be used. i do contend that we have put poisonous and biologically potent chemicals indiscriminately into the hands of persons largely
or wholly ignorant of their potentials for harm. we have subjected enormous numbers of people to contact with these poisons, without their consent and often without their knowledge. i contend,furthermore, that we have allowed these chemicals to be used with little or no advance investigation of their effect on soil, water, wildlife, and man himself. future generations are unlikely to forgive our lack of concern for the integrity of the natural world that supports all life.