“Fish, twisted by mutation and disease, died in the millions.”

Highly toxic, DDT seeped into streams with each rainfall, eventually merging into rivers and silently poisoning oceans. Within a mere decade, the far-reaching farming practices of the United States had poisoned the entire planet. At the same time, shadowy industrial specters from the manufacturing sector released mercury and phosphates—their toxic industrial waste—into waterways. The haunting phrase, “You are what you eat,” echoed through his consciousness, profoundly truthful. Fish, twisted by mutation and disease, died in the millions. Those that did survive, harbored these potent toxins in their blood stream, passing ever-increasing concentrations of poison to the unsuspecting humans who consumed them.