The Controversies Surrounding the DDT In the United States, the media tends to report only the negative details of everything. Such was the case in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the pesticide
The Controversies Surrounding the DDT In the United States, the media tends to report only the negative details of everything. Such was the case in the late 1960s and early 1970s when the pesticide
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The Controversies Surrounding the DDT
In the United States, the media tends to report only the
negative details of everything. Such was the case in the late 1960s and
early 1970s when the pesticide DDT was investigated and eventually
prohibited. Most of the claims against DDT remain unproved to this day.
There were three main allegations against DDT: that DDT caused the death of
many birds and could lead to the extinction of some bird populations; that