To: Dr Warmoose
What you say about DDT is true. Although I'm quite happy it is now banned, at least in this country. For DDT almost wiped out a cherished symbol of this nation, namely:
9 posted on
07/02/2003 7:52:37 AM PDT by
AFreeBird
To: AFreeBird
For DDT almost wiped out a cherished symbol of this nation, namelySo you are admitting that you unquestionably bought the lie about DDT and Rachel Carson's propaganda piece "Silent Spring". Check out this article from junkscience.
To: AFreeBird
More than 100,000 bald eagles were killed in Alaska from 1917 to 1953. Alaskan salmon fisherman feared they were a threat to the salmon population
More than half the world's bald eagles live in Alaska.
11 posted on
07/02/2003 9:01:26 AM PDT by
cinFLA
To: AFreeBird
Eagles were abundant throughout Wisconsin until 1800 when immigrants settled the state. Habitat disturbance, destruction, and shooting caused their numbers to drop until laws were enacted like the Migratory Bird Treaty of 1916, the Bald Eagle Protection Act of 1940, the 1972 listing of eagles as endangered in Wisconsin, and the ban of DDT
12 posted on
07/02/2003 9:10:02 AM PDT by
cinFLA
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