Paul Hawken
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You know, in children, tiny children, so forth, you know. And so... I say that only about pesticides because if you could just get to EPA, because it's corrupt. The EPA process is totally corrupt when it comes to chemicals. And that's what Kennedy's against and tries to stop.
But I think it's a lot faster and a lot more decisive if we ban the chemicals used in agriculture that are banned in Europe and even China. I mean, we are the outlier in the world in terms of allowing chemicals that are extremely toxic to be used.
But I think it's a lot faster and a lot more decisive if we ban the chemicals used in agriculture that are banned in Europe and even China. I mean, we are the outlier in the world in terms of allowing chemicals that are extremely toxic to be used.
But I think it's a lot faster and a lot more decisive if we ban the chemicals used in agriculture that are banned in Europe and even China. I mean, we are the outlier in the world in terms of allowing chemicals that are extremely toxic to be used.
The greatest toxic source, I believe, is agriculture. I could be wrong, but I think it is. We have 500 dead zones in the oceans today. It all comes from agricultural runoff. Okay. And nobody sees that and they don't think about it. You know, they eat their whatever, you know, from the farmer. That's number one. Number two is we have lost our pollinator population about 70%.
The greatest toxic source, I believe, is agriculture. I could be wrong, but I think it is. We have 500 dead zones in the oceans today. It all comes from agricultural runoff. Okay. And nobody sees that and they don't think about it. You know, they eat their whatever, you know, from the farmer. That's number one. Number two is we have lost our pollinator population about 70%.
The greatest toxic source, I believe, is agriculture. I could be wrong, but I think it is. We have 500 dead zones in the oceans today. It all comes from agricultural runoff. Okay. And nobody sees that and they don't think about it. You know, they eat their whatever, you know, from the farmer. That's number one. Number two is we have lost our pollinator population about 70%.
We're at 70. So if we get to 3. Yeah, get to 3. We're at 70% loss. 70% loss. Loss, yeah. Mm-hmm. So I would go after there's pesticides being used on top, you know, obviously on the soil, and pesticides being used to coat the seeds that are systemic, you know. And they go up the plant and they go into leaves and blossoms and insects eat it and die.
We're at 70. So if we get to 3. Yeah, get to 3. We're at 70% loss. 70% loss. Loss, yeah. Mm-hmm. So I would go after there's pesticides being used on top, you know, obviously on the soil, and pesticides being used to coat the seeds that are systemic, you know. And they go up the plant and they go into leaves and blossoms and insects eat it and die.
We're at 70. So if we get to 3. Yeah, get to 3. We're at 70% loss. 70% loss. Loss, yeah. Mm-hmm. So I would go after there's pesticides being used on top, you know, obviously on the soil, and pesticides being used to coat the seeds that are systemic, you know. And they go up the plant and they go into leaves and blossoms and insects eat it and die.
And they're just to protect the seeds from predation in the soil, but they go everywhere in the environment. And so, but they're in applesauce for babies. And so again, I think if we look at holistically early, like the whole picture, You cannot lose all the invertebrate population in the world that pollinates our plants. It's not about just losing pollinated plants.
And they're just to protect the seeds from predation in the soil, but they go everywhere in the environment. And so, but they're in applesauce for babies. And so again, I think if we look at holistically early, like the whole picture, You cannot lose all the invertebrate population in the world that pollinates our plants. It's not about just losing pollinated plants.
And they're just to protect the seeds from predation in the soil, but they go everywhere in the environment. And so, but they're in applesauce for babies. And so again, I think if we look at holistically early, like the whole picture, You cannot lose all the invertebrate population in the world that pollinates our plants. It's not about just losing pollinated plants.
We would lose that, of course. We can eat things that are non-pollinated. I'm talking about E.O. Wilson, probably the most profound and recognized entomologist in the history of the world, from Harvard, saying, you get to 3-4%, it flips. There's no more life. There's no more fish anymore. Oceans die, too. And I think that's in my book. Maybe not.
We would lose that, of course. We can eat things that are non-pollinated. I'm talking about E.O. Wilson, probably the most profound and recognized entomologist in the history of the world, from Harvard, saying, you get to 3-4%, it flips. There's no more life. There's no more fish anymore. Oceans die, too. And I think that's in my book. Maybe not.
We would lose that, of course. We can eat things that are non-pollinated. I'm talking about E.O. Wilson, probably the most profound and recognized entomologist in the history of the world, from Harvard, saying, you get to 3-4%, it flips. There's no more life. There's no more fish anymore. Oceans die, too. And I think that's in my book. Maybe not.
But the point being is that I would go to these points of intervention, I would call them. They would make a huge, huge difference.
But the point being is that I would go to these points of intervention, I would call them. They would make a huge, huge difference.
But the point being is that I would go to these points of intervention, I would call them. They would make a huge, huge difference.
It's harder in health because there's so many diseases, so many different maladies, so many different treatment modalities, you know, and some of which make sense, some of which I don't really think make sense, some of which are, you know, toxic in their own right, some of which have done double-blind studies.