Environmentalist pioneer Barry Commoner dies at 95

Published October 2, 2012 12:28am ET



NEW YORK (AP) — Barry Commoner, a scientist and activist who raised early concerns about the effects of radioactive fallout and was one of the pioneers of the environmental movement, has died in New York. He was 95.

Commoner died Sunday afternoon at a Manhattan hospital, where he had been since Friday, said his wife, Lisa Feiner. He lived in Brooklyn Heights.

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