AR-News: (US OR) Opinion: Protect all creatures; focus on environment

[Animalara2003 at aol.com]

http://news.statesmanjournal.com/article.cfm?i=78130 



April 5, 2004

It?s happened again. This time it?s fish that are not safe to eat. For 40 
years, homeowners, farmers and industry have been warned. Put toxins in the 
ground, air, water and we will destroy our food supply and ourselves.

Today, tuna is unfit to eat and many other seafood and fresh water species 
are just OK. Last month, tainted beef, now seafood.

?No, that bottle of organic weed killer is more expensive.? ?I get bigger 
crops with Dow?s XYZ.? ?Stockholders want more; stack filters, cut production.? 
?I deserve the big bucks; tell my lobbyist to kill that legislation. It?s not 
in our best interest.?

A narrow definition of ?best interest? got us where we are. We must change 
now. Respect the presence of groundwater. Be active in guiding our community and 
state decision-makers. Vote those into office who focus on the country, not 
on special groups.

Maya Angelou said it well: ?I?ve learned that making a ?living? is not the 
same thing as making a ?life.??

I say, when will all people?s good be each person?s goal so that across the 
lands and seas our environment and all creatures remain healthy?

?Eileen Williamson

Salem
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