- Fat Woman: George, do you know what I think caused the virus? It's 'cause them Chinese fertilize everything with human shit!
- [husband George, sitting by her side, ignores her, so she elbows him]
- Fat Woman: George, ya hear what I said?
- George: [turning to look directly at her] Yes, I did. And if it's true, I could sell you to them chinks for a blooming fortune!
- John Custance: Just what are you getting at, Pirrie?
- Pirrie: I mean the law... the old law. Well, there isn't any now, is there?
- Radio Voice: [opening voice over] By the beginning of the 70's, man had brought the destruction of his environment close to the point of no return. Of course, there was a great deal of rhetoric about saving the Earth but, in reality, very little was done. Then, one day, the polluted Earth could take no more.