[NAFEX] OT: DDT (was glyphosate 41)
Alexander Brands
abb7 at Lehigh.EDU
Sat Oct 30 19:54:40 EDT 2010
> From: Anton Callaway <marillen at earthlink.net>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: [NAFEX] OT: DDT (was glyphosate 41)
>
> Another misleading fact that is often cited is that even after DDT's
> ban (here), seabird eggshells >have not returned to their pre-DDT
> thicknesses (although they have gotten significantly thicker and
> >raptor populations have rebounded). Is this due to other chemicals
> that influence the same >biological process? Is it due to the
> continued use of DDT elsewhere in the world? We don't know >for
> sure yet.
If we don't know the reason, then how can you say the observation is
misleading?
Alex
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