[Boatanchors] Replacing 866s with 3B28s

[Kenneth Grimm]

So far as I know, people didn't die from DDT unless they consumed it.   DDT
saved countless human lives from diseases borne by insects, particularly
mosquitoes.  It was a major tool in the fight to control malaria.  Rachel
Carson, in her book "Silent Spring," pointed out that DDT was killing the
birds.  Many would say that the arguments in "Silent Spring" in 1962 led to
the banning of DDT in 1972 and the birth of the environmental movement in
the United States.  The once nearly extinct Brown Pelican made an amazing
recovery after DDT was banned.

73,
Ken - K4XL

On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 2:35 AM, Jan Erik Holm <sm2ekm at telia.com> wrote:

> Yes and we also used DDT!! Some people did die
> like flies.
> /Jim SM2EKM
> ----------------
> On 2010-12-30 04:34, w4awm at aol.com wrote:
> >
> >   I recall that one of the high class hotels in Greenville, SC used to
> coat their change in mercury back in the late 40s and early 50s. Everyone
> who got change carried that stuff around in their pockets until it was all
> spent. Wow, what we didn't know back then.\
> >
> > John,  W4AWM
> >
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