The worst that could happen in Love Canal is my children would get cancer. Government strategy is to set exposure standards in the U.S. that may likely be applied globally, so that's where our focus is. As Cairo grows, and as we become greedier, the poor live on the remains of our greed. They recycle every little scrap. They need a lot of children to do it, so they keep having babies.
Kids cost a lot of money, but the technology they use is so basic it requires many hands.
And because the culture upholds kinship ties, and social security does not provide for old age, their sons will bring in money to support them. So the poor are making intelligent economic decisions when they have lots of kids. We are the stupid ones who waste. They take it, construct a whole life, and save the earth. They're dirty, they're illiterate, they have babies.