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To: REDWOOD99
Unfortunately it was an the administrator (William Ruckelshaus) of the EPA under a Republican administration (Nixon) that banned DDT, and to make matters worse, it was proved to him that DDT was not harmful to humans, birds, or anything beyond a few species of bugs (mainly mosquito's). It should be noted that the catalyst for this ban were the leftest freaks who hate all chemicals with the exception of those that give them a cool psychedelic buzz.
5 posted on 01/07/2005 10:17:49 PM PST by Sthitch
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To: Sthitch
I should note that I support the use of DDT to eliminate mosquito's and other disease caring pests. Now can we find a DDT for democrats? They seem to carry some of the worse social ills of all creatures.
7 posted on 01/07/2005 10:19:48 PM PST by Sthitch
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I understand it safe for humans. But:


I thought overuse of it made the some bird egg shells soft, and the mother would squish them-killing the offspring? (bald eagle,trumpter swan...)

I'm pretty sure that much is true. Any evidence to the contrary (RE: birds)?


28 posted on 01/07/2005 10:55:40 PM PST by Finalapproach29er (I can no longer discern real stories from satire on this site. America is losing her common sense.)
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