![]() It has even penetrated that internal environment within the bodies of animals and of men. Contamination of various kinds has now invaded all of the physical environment that supports us - water, soil, air, and vegetation. Chairman, that you were planning to hold hearings on the whole vast problem of environmental pollution. For this reason I was delighted when I heard, Mr. ![]() I feel strongly that a beginning must be made on it now, - in this session of Congress. The problem you have chosen to explore is one that must be resolved in our time. Now we are receiving sharp reminders that our heedless and destructive acts enter into the vast cycles of the earth and in time return to bring hazard to ourselves. ![]() In the past we have often chosen to ignore this fact. The world of air and water and soil supports not only the hundreds of thousands of species of animals and plants, it supports man himself. ![]() Prints and Photographs Division of the Library of Congress.The contamination of the environment with harmful substances is one of the major problems of modern life. Rachel Carson speaking before Senate Government Operations subcommittee studying pesticide spraying. ![]()
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