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Scientific illiteracy in our populations is leaving too many of us unprepared to discuss or understand much of the damage we are wreaking on our atmosphere, our habitat, and even the food that enters our mouths.

Barbara Kingsolver

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Barbara Kingsolver
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: April 8
Essayist
Novelist
Poet
Writer
Annapolis
Maryland
Science
Atmosphere
Wreaking
Many
Scientific
Illiteracy
Even
Mouths
Unprepared
Much
Population
Populations
Leaving
Habitat
Environment
Enters
Food
Discuss
Understand
Damage

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