"Tired of ALL the Bullsh*t" Barry Commoner Dies at 95 - NYTimes.com

Barry Commoner Dies at 95 - NYTimes.com:

Scientist, Candidate and Planet Earth’s Lifeguard

Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

Last Word: Barry Commoner: Dr. Commoner, an early environmentalist, warned of the dangers of nuclear weapons testing. He was an early champion of recycling, organic food and reducing fossil fuel use.

By DANIEL LEWIS

Published: October 1, 2012 48 Comments

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Barry Commoner, a founder of modern ecology and one of its most provocative thinkers and mobilizers, died Sunday in Manhattan. He was 95 and lived in Brooklyn Heights.

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Barry Commoner, senior scientist at the Center for the Biology of Natural Systems at Queens College, in a portrait made May 16, 2007.

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His wife, Lisa Feiner, confirmed his death.

Dr. Commoner was a leader among a generation of scientist-activists who recognized the toxic consequences of America’s post-World War IItechnology boom, and one of the first to stir the national debate over the public’s right to comprehend the risks and make decisions about them.

Raised in Brooklyn during the Depression and trained as a ...

....His own favorite moment of the campaign, he recalled many years later, was when a reporter in Albuquerque asked, “Dr. Commoner, are you a serious candidate, or are you just running on the issues?”