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To: clearcarbon

Not many. The possible main victims of DDT were eagles in thinned eggs but DDT was not shown to be a major killing of wildlife. Rachel Carson used bad science and possibly fraudulent science to write “Silent Spring”.

DDT has been used on humans since at least WW2, esp. in malaria/mosquito ridden areas like Sicily and No. Africa. Tens of millions of humans have died from malaria because of the non-use of DDT.

There are trade-offs in life.

I can’t find a strong enough mosquito spray to kill some really nasty critters in my yard. I spray them and, like Bobcat Goldwaithe in “Police Academy”, they use it as a mouthwash.

I kill more mosquitoes by hitting them with a can then I do with the actual spray. (RAID, fair. The other one, Red can - not so good. Natural Bat - really good; manmade bat - awesome.)


39 posted on 08/01/2016 7:29:35 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Put in a backyard fish pond.

My Koi and Comets wait below the surface for the females to hover and lay their eggs.

*Snap!*

And the larvae are delicacies for them.

Bat houses are effective, too.


46 posted on 08/01/2016 7:46:26 PM PDT by Salamander (I ride by night, and I travel in fear, that in this darkness, I will disappear...)
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