Actually, the Wikipedia article specifically says that there was never an
international ban per se and that DDT has always been available for mosquito
control in the developing world. It was withdrawn voluntarily in many places
because mosquitoes developed Can you guess? resistance and hence
loss
DDT isn't banned any more, at least for anti-mosquito efforts. You can buy
insect repellant now that has DDT in it.
Isn't that DEET in the insect repellant? As a suspected carcinogen DDT
would not be a good thing to smear on one's body. DDT is banned in N
America and mostly banned
Oops, my mistake.
On 4/21/07, Tom Piwowar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
DDT isn't banned any more, at least for anti-mosquito efforts. You can
buy
insect repellant now that has DDT in it.
Isn't that DEET in the insect repellant? As a suspected carcinogen DDT
would not be a good thing to smear on
On Apr 19, 2007, at 11:35 AM, John H. Davis wrote:
I would look to polution, and invasive species long before I would
suspect Cell phones.
I agree with this. However, it could be that microwave telecom
signals, be that from cell phones, public safety and commercial radio
and telemetry
On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:58 PM, Terry Kilburg wrote:
I live on a farm in Iowa, we have 8 bald eagles fly and perch in trees
in our pasture every year! The Mississippi river just in Iowa sees
over 100 every year!!!
But, back in the day there would have been thousands. They are
making a
Good thing they banned DDT too, gives us a chance to spread malaria even
faster in Africa.
Mike
On 4/20/07, Steve Rigby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Apr 19, 2007, at 1:58 PM, Terry Kilburg wrote:
I live on a farm in Iowa, we have 8 bald eagles fly and perch in trees
in our pasture every
DDT isn't banned any more, at least for anti-mosquito efforts. You can buy
insect repellant now that has DDT in it.
I don't know whether this is because of risk-benefit, or whether further
scientific advancement has shown that DDT wasn't really the problem.
On 4/20/07, mike [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 11:00 PM -0400 4/18/07, b_s-wilk wrote:
...
Birds are missing too. Fewer warblers, towhees, buntings, kestrels,
meadowlarks, quail, pheasants...
Loss of habitat. Meadows and fields replaced by lawns. Speaking of
lawns, people used to go to Arizona to avoid allergies; now there is
no
people used to go to Arizona to avoid allergies;
They have since discovered that the desert plants produce excessive pollen
that agrivates allergies. There is less mold in Arizona.
We nearly lost 100's of species of birds before DDT was pulled from the
pesticide market, including the bald
Colony Collapse Disorder and Pollinator Decline
Statement of
May R. Berenbaum
Professor and Head, Department of Entomology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
and
Chair, Committee on the Status of Pollinators in North America
Board on Life Sciences and Board on Agriculture and Natural
FWIW, my next farm neighbor in WV has been keeping bees his whole long
life.For over 17 years that I know of, his bee husbandry has been
beset (NPI) with a variety of problems.
Loss of habitat, changes in agriculture, climate changes that affect the
blooming of trees, Africanized honey
Maybe the birds are eating the bees and not chewing properly and getting stung
to death!
More precise bird-hunting activity because they can't learn where to go to the
bathroom!!
I live on a farm in Iowa, we have 8 bald eagles fly and perch in trees in our
pasture every year! The Mississippi
On Apr 18, 2007, at 8:13 PM, John Settle wrote:
This is a repost with appropriate subject line.
Well, how about the below. No cell phones involved but sounds more
probable.
Whatever the reason(s), in the final analysis, I firmly believe that
it will be determined that human behavior is
:
breakfast, corn-meal mush. Lunch, more corn bread. . . .
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Surely we can reserve part of the spectrum for bees!
By the way, where did this theory start?
- Brian
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From: Tony B [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We can live without cell phones, but not bees. I vote we shut off cell
phones immediately, and limit wireless networks to low
On Apr 18, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Tony B wrote:
We can live without cell phones, but not bees. I vote we shut off cell
phones immediately, and limit wireless networks to low power.
Who knows at this point how any of this will eventually shake out,
but one can guess based upon prior
On Apr 18, 2007, at 2:23 PM, Constance Warner wrote:
Guess it boils down to: would you rather talk on your cellphone, or
eat?
Having knocked off most of the native pollinators with pesticides,
we're
dependent on bees to pollinate most crops that aren't wind-pollinated.
The disappearance of
On Apr 18, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Brian Jones wrote:
Surely we can reserve part of the spectrum for bees!
By the way, where did this theory start?
I do not know where the theory started, except to say that, as in
humans, part of the bee works electronically, tiny electrical impulses
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