[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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