We thought DDT was the worst thing in the environment. Even though DDT was banned in the 70's, traces of it are found in many bird species nowadays! This was in yesterday's Boston Globe. Surprising new environmental threats to birds everywhere. http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/03/11/new_crop_of_chemicals_is_found_in_birds_eggs/ Meredith Sampson Old Greenwich _____________________________________________________________ Need cash? Click to get a loan. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mKivqSHjJZO22PPk59WYAEyQetsuYUmksDRcPZixhUPcoP9/

People need to re-read Silent Spring. DDT wasn't the worst even in 1960. Rachel Carson also wrote of all the new chemicals coming out that weren't tested for toxicity. That number has drastically increased since. I've read that in humans the average number of man made chemicals often tops 200. ---- "wingsct@juno.com" <wingsct@juno.com> wrote: > We thought DDT was the worst thing in the environment. Even though DDT > was banned in the 70's, traces of it are found in many bird species nowadays! > This was in yesterday's Boston Globe. Surprising new environmental threats > to birds everywhere. > > http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/green/articles/2008/03/11/new_crop_of_chemicals_is_found_in_birds_eggs/ > > Meredith Sampson > Old Greenwich > _____________________________________________________________ > Need cash? Click to get a loan. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2121/fc/Ioyw6i3mKivqSHjJZO22PPk59WYAEyQetsuYUmksDRcPZixhUPcoP9/ > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org