Overpopulation is now the dominant problem in all our personal, national, and international planning. No one can do rational personal planning, nor can public policy be resolved in any area unless one first takes into account the population bomb. Schools, politicians, and mass media only touch the edge of the major problem. PAUL R. ERLICH, a qualified scientist, clearly describes the dimensions of the crisis in all its aspects--air, food, water, birth control, death control, our total environment--and provides a realistic evaluation of the remaining options.
MANKIND'S INALIENABLE RIGHTS:
• The right to eat
• The right to drink pure water
• The right to breathe clean air
• The right to decent, uncrowded shelter
• The right to enjoy natural beauty
• The right to avoid pesticide poisoning
• The right to freedom from thermonuclear war
• The right to limit families
• The right to have grandchildr