A newspaper article reporting on fears of dioxin contamination in Times Beach, MO in the wake of toxic waste use in the past followed by a major flood.
This is a letter to the editor by Paul Ehrlich, published in the New York Times, in response to Barry Commoner's book "The Closing Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology." The newspaper also publishes Commoner's response to Ehrlich.
The Population Bomb was an influential book written by Stanford University Professor Paul R. Ehrlich and his wife, Anne Ehrlich (uncredited), in 1968. Since it's publication and initial popularity, the book has drawn criticism for its alarmist tone,…