24 Pollution Quotes

1. "Use cleaning supplies that don't pollute."
   Donna Schwartz Mills, It's Easy to Be Green: Earth Day Solutions for Your Home Office
   Home




2. "Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value."
   Richard Buckminster Fuller
   Action Quotes





3. "Pollution is the forerunner of perdition."
   John Trapp
   Defeat




4. By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
   Aeschylus
   Poems About Water




5. "It's an illusion that the solution to pollution is dilution!"
   Author Unknown
   Solution Quotes




6. "The automobile has not merely taken over the street, it has dissolved the living tissue of the city. . . Gas-filled, noisy and hazardous, our streets have become the most inhumane landscape in the world."
   James M. Fitch
   Life





7. "The American people have a right to air that they and their children can breathe without fear."
   Lyndon Baines Johnson
   Children




8. "Among these treasures of our land is water--fast becoming our most valuable, most prized, most critical resource. A blessing where properly used--but it can bring devastation and ruin when left uncontrolled."
   Dwight D. Eisenhower
   Positive Quotes




9. "We were surprised at the little things we could all do to reduce our greenhouse gases by one-tonne. We all could make more of a difference when it comes to greenhouse gases."
   Catherine Pulsifer
   Inspirational




10. "Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools."
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    Forest Quotes




11. Plastic pollution is a huge risk factor to the sustainable development of all the planet, of all countries and communities.
    Ana Teresa Lecaros
    Poems About Earth Day




12. "By using energy more efficiently in your daily activities, you'll not only reduce GHG emissions but also other emissions that contribute to air pollution and smog."
    Government of Canada, One Tonne Challenge
    Quotes To Live By




13. "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."
    Dan Quayle
    Environment Quotes




14. "Make a list, and make one trip do rather than 5 trips. Every time you drive your car, you are contributing to air pollution."
    Catherine Pulsifer
    Saving Money





15. It's hard to believe that one child could change one habit that eventually changes the world, but it's true! All big ideas start with just one person who decided to do things differently. You could be that person.
    Aubre Andrus, 101 small Ways to Change The World
    Make A Difference Quotes




16. "Whether or not life exists elsewhere in the universe, all we know now is that here on Earth, life is both utterly amazing - and utterly endangered. That is why I believe that nobody is really more pro-life than an environmentalist."
    T. A. Barron
    Believe




17. "If 25 years ago I had said that the majority of Canadians would be drinking bottled water today, you would have laughed. If I were to say now that we may have to breathe bottled air in 25 years if we don't fundamentally change the way our society works, would you laugh? And if we can't breathe the air, does it really matter whether the government of the day is right or left?"
    Jim Harris
    Positive Quotes About Change




18. In theory, buying online could be greener than going to a store.
    Emily Chung
    Poems About Life




19. Researchers found that roughly one-in-ten deaths worldwide can be attributed to poor air quality, which translates to a collective cost of $5 trillion per year in health care charges and lost income.
    Michael Hiscock
    Lifestyle




20. "There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all."
    Robert Orben
    Health




21. "For us, living in the country was more than a dream come true. It was the result of a long-term goal to say goodbye to noise pollution from sirens, vehicles, and neighbours so close you could literally reach out and touch them."
    Byron Pulsifer
    Dream





22. Water pollution is and has been a growing problem since the industrial age. All living things depend on and require water to survive.
    S.A. Peterson, Recycling Rules
    Water Quotes




23. If the world embarked on an immediate and globally-coordinated effort to reduce our plastic consumption, there would still be an estimated 710 million metric tons of plastic that will pollute the environment by 2040, new research has found.
    Helen Regan
    Knowledge




24. "In 22 states parents can't take kids fishing and eat the fish if they're lucky enough to catch anything because of mercury. Think about that. In 44% of all river bodies and streams it’s not safe to fish or swim. And yet industrial polluters continue to block legislation that would prevent mercury and MTBE from polluting our water supplies and leaving children with debilitating diseases."
    Senator John Kerry
    Thought Provoking Quotes