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Thanks, that's a good link ... as Reagan said "The trouble with our Liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.

So in reality most reputable studies showed no evidence of thinning shells among wild birds. The statistics never supported the fear mongering nor the arbitrary banning by Ruckelshouse of the fledgling EPA; an EPA hell-bent on having authority over our nation's affairs, truth be damned. One example at the link that debunks so much of the popular fear of DDT:

"The phenomena of increasing bird populations during the DDT years may be due, in part, to

fewer blood-sucking insects and reduced spread of avian diseases (avian malaria, rickettsial-pox, avian bronchitis, Newcastle disease, encephalitis, etc);
more seed and fruits available for birds to eat after plant-eating insects were decimated; and
Ingestion of DDT triggers hepatic enzymes that detoxify carcinogens such as aflatoxin."

So it's possible that we'd all be healthier with a daily dose of DDT