DDT is Back in the News

DDT is Back in The News 33 years after DDT was banned, scientists have discovered minute traces of DDT in nonmigrating songbirds. But is enough to cause the birds harm? An article in the Seattle Times insinuated that the fact that DDT exist in songbirds was a sign the environment is collapsing by quoting a spokesman for the Center for International Environmental Law, (notably bias on the issue) who said "These birds are the canaries in the coal mine, warning us about what is going on in our environment", What is going on today is that osprey, eagles and other predatory birds are thriving and the senior scientist at the Audubon Society practically admitted that there was no proof DDT was to blame for the decline of non-migrating songbirds when he said that maybe DDT could possibly effect their embryonic development. Where's the proof? When you considered the exploding population of geese that have quit migrating because life is pretty easily on the Northwest golf courses I don't know if attempting to drum up the perils of a chemical banned for 33 years holds still holds much water. I'm Susan Allen and this is Food Forethought. Source: Seattle Times April 15 2005 A Concern that Won't Fly Away.