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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Alteration Because Developed Felt Hat High Instability Levels Mad Makers Mental Mercury Personalities Phrase Poisoned Processing Strange Traits Used Well Were Workers

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Americans are already paying the price for record heat waves, dirty air, and an unstable climate. We need to fight these threats with every weapon we have, and the electricity industry has to do its fair share.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Air American Climate Dirty Electricity Every Fair Fair Share Fight Heat Industry Need Paying Price Record Share Threats Unstable Waves Weapon

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The oceans have been a part of my life for as long as I remember. As a child, I spent hours playing in the surf off Cape Cod. In college, I fished along the rocky coast of Nova Scotia with my school's fishing team.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Along Been Cape Child Coast College Fishing Hours Life Long My Life Nova Oceans Off Part Playing Remember Rocky School Spent Surf Team I Remember

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Over the years, I have seen the power of the oceans to excite, feed, and sustain people. I have also seen them undergo a growing onslaught of attacks, from destructive fishing practices to rising acidification.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Also Attacks Destructive Excite Feed Fishing Growing Oceans Over People Power Practices Rising Seen Sustain Them Undergo Years

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The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: America Earn Food Harvest Living Living Wage Must People Respect Treated Wage Who

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Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: Unknown

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