[retrokitten]

It was banned in the US because some dumbass reporter wrote a book claiming it was killing all the birds, especially bald eagles. It was junk science. Here is a good article about it (it's short).

100 things you should know about DDT

[CounterCounterCulture]

I have vague memories of doing some kind of play/project on DDT in elementary school.

Somehow I survived it with my brain intact.

[silent_jonny]

So they banned DDT because some birds' eggshells were too thin?? And it's not even true. Even if was, who cares!

How many hundreds of thousands of people die each year with malaria now because of that ban? And the only thing we'll give to protect them is a stupid mosquito net!