[Boatanchors] Replacing 866s with 3B28s

[J. Forster]

Yes, the Pelicans lived. But, how many people died as a result of banning
DDT?

-John

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> 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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