[historian1944]

If you've ever watched the film footage or seen photos of the concentration camps being liberated in WWII Germany, you'll see the GIs dumping vast quantities of white powder which if my memory serves me was talcum powder and some percentage of DDT (10%, I think). You'll note that no one has come forward saying that DDT was killing thousands of survivors. If people who are starving and whose immune system is probably in pretty bad shape aren't affected, I'd say that it, if used properly has virtually no effect on humans.

For the falcons and birds issue, Stephen Milloy at www.junkscience.com has written some very good articles about DDT and birds.

[backhoe]

When I was young, SOP to treat a person infested with parasites ( lice, ticks, fleas, chiggers, etc. ) was to dump DDT powder all over them- like you, I *think* it was talc treated with DDT.