The Eight Surprises is an essay written by Dr. John J. McKetta. The essay was reprinted in the Congressional Record twice. According to
Weather modification: programs, problems, policy, and potential page 173, The Eight Surprises was originally an address to the American Trucking Association October 16, 1974.
Reagan used some of the contents of the essay on three of his
Radio Commentaries in late
1975.
The Eight Surprises are:
- Is Oxygen Disappearing?
- Carbon Monoxide Will Kill Us All!
- Oxides of Nitrogen Will Choke Us
- The Death of Lake Erie
- DDT is the Worst Thing That Has Happened To Us
- We're Killing to Many Species
- Man is the Real Polluter
- We're Going to Live
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The Eight SurprisesCongressional documents, 1975 PDF Pages 35-38
Congressional documents, 1976 PDF Pages 19-21