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2006-12-15 Home Front: Culture Wars

Top Ten Junk Science Moments for 2006

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Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-12-15 12:33|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Actually, the biggest problem with DDT is not birds, but crustaceans, and that the stuff just doesn't biodegrade. DDT found buried under river silt after 40 years is just as ppm deadly as the fresh stuff.

Therefore, though it excels as an anti-malarial pesticide, it should be used "in one fell swoop", to try and wipe out malaria, rather than over decades, to just try and reduce it.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-15 13:11|| 2006-12-15 13:11|| Front Page Top

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