Where nature has been left untouched by man, it possesses these attributes in all their loveliness. But man has befouled himself and polluted his environment. We have no one to blame but ourselves. We have sadly failed to exercise proper dominion over ourselves and over nature. We have abused and exploited our environment rather than using and maintaining it.
Pollution is a universal problem.
Among some, pollution consists in the human and animal filth that is allowed to accumulate. Among others, the pollution is even more dangerous. While modern hygiene and sanitation have done much to rid the earth of terrible scourges such as the Black Death, they have not changed man's insatiable urge to defile himself and his world. Man's real problem is in his mind, in his attitudes, not in his circumstances, activities and industries. We should locate ourselves and our families in areas that are as free as possible from pollution and congestion.