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DDT was blamed for egg shell thinning even though a known egg shell thinner (dieldrin) was also added to the diet.
[Porter, RD and SN Wiemeyer. 1969. Science 165: 199-200]
No significant correlation between DDE and egg shell thinning in Canadian terns even though the eggs contained as much as 100 parts per million of DDE.
[Switzer, BG et al. 1971. Can J Zool 49:69-73]
Yes, racel carson was wrong. Wrong with regard to raptors and wrong with regard to all other birds. And once again, let me ask. Even if she had been right, would saving the effected birds have been worth the loss of so many millions of human lives?
See above. Eagles, falcons, etc are raptors.
No, because in the end, it was just "those brown people" who were dying in their millions upon millions. Had malaria ever become a real problem in the industrial world, the ban on DDT would have been lifted and or a new insecticide developed. The problem with your analogy, however, is that DDT didn't do any of the things it was claimed to have done. It was, and remains to this day one of the most effective and safest insecticides for mosquitoes.
Not likely because of the chemical nature of DDT. DDT was used for a very long time and no resistance was ever noted.
