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central scrutinizer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:04 AM Original message |
DDT: A weapon of mass survival |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. yes, must use insecticides |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 03:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. I find it ironic that DDT was outlawed to protect the birds |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 03:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Were it not for the abolition of DDT |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 04:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. or a bunch of other birds |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 04:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. And Brown Pelicans |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 04:36 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. and Osprey |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. I would be interested in knowing the vector for the Eagles and Pelicans |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. The fish ate contaminated insects |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. I don’t know, but I’m going to guess that the diet of most fish is other |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:36 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. DDT is bioaccumulative |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:00 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. So where was I factually incorrect? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:11 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I think the word you want is "citing," |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:29 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Got caught by the spelling police. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:59 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. The deal as far as DDT goes is that I'm deeply suspicious |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:31 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. It is called biomagnification or bioaccumulation |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
2. Yes but what they have not said |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 04:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I can only assume that you believe that DDT is more toxic than malaria. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. not toxic to humans except in unrealistic doses |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 10:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. There are drugs to treat malaria |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:21 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. So the average African family will just jump in the SUV |
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tom_boy (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. DDT may be bad |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:26 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The problem with Africa is poverty. |
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tom_boy (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:55 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Good point |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:57 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. We could go in right now... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Mosquitoes quickly become resistant to DDT |
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tom_boy (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Sounds right. |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Tim Lambert at Deltoid does a nice job blogging on DDT |
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tom_boy (54 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. thanks |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
6. Has Jake "The Snake" Roberts been consulted? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. I think he's still on probation |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. No doubt DDT is a cheap insecticide that can help stop insect borne |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
8. BushCo's goal is to invalidate ALL environmental protections . . . |
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Mugu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 03:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. So it's worth the lives of millions of Africans |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 03:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Remember in the SOTU a few years ago when Bush pledged |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
39. so it's worth the possible (probable?) extinction of who knows . . . |
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Viking12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
14. 3 billion dead in 30 years? |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
25. Read "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson (1962). |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-05-06 09:46 PM Response to Original message |
28. oo, Steven Milloy, I'm so--underwhelmed |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-06-06 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
35. Rachel Carson is rolling in her grave. |
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