Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, March 21, 1992 TAG: 9203230167
SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A-11 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
A DIRTY PLANET: WHAT KIND OF LEGACY?
OUR MOUNTAINSIDES are being littered with old stoves and refrigerators, our
streams tainted with lead and sewage, the seas coated with oil and plastic. We
have a growing hole in the ozone, medical wastes washing up on the coastlines,
plastic bags flying high in trees, smog and deforestation. What kind of legacy
are we leaving for the next generation? CRAIG BRADLEY SALEM
by CNB