Summary Of It Always Cost By David Suzuki

In “It Always Costs”, environmentalist David Suzuki argues that technology, no matter how beneficial, carries with it unforeseen costs. Suzuki begins his argument by using the example of DDT to show chemical spread cannot be controlled in the environment. For example, Suzuki explains how the “biomagnification” (Suzuki 347) of certain chemicals was an unforeseen consequence of DDT use. Suzuki warns that current pretesting of environmental and biological effects are limited and that we “can’t rely on such a system” (348). By examining oil drilling processes and population studies, Suzuki presents how any pretesting is limited in “size, scope, and time” (349). Suzuki implies no amount of pretesting could have anticipated all of the potential