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DDT

DDT. Zachary Rolling Hills Elementary 2006. Dichloro-diphenyl-thrichlorethane [DDT], was, is, and always will be a dangerous insecticide that has killed hundreds of animals higher in the food chain - like most raptors, especially peregrines. It starts with insects and ends with raptors.

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DDT

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  1. DDT Zachary Rolling Hills Elementary 2006

  2. Dichloro-diphenyl-thrichlorethane [DDT], was, is, and always will be a dangerous insecticide that has killed hundreds of animals higher in the food chain - like most raptors, especially peregrines. It starts with insects and ends with raptors.

  3. DDT over time, accumulates in the bird. When an insect eats crops that have been sprayed with DDT the insecticide gets into the food chain. Farmers only knew that DDT was effective in ridding their fields from insects, but they didn't know that they were killing beautiful birds like the peregrine falcon.

  4. Once it was realized, the use of DDT was banned in the United States. Now, peregrine falcons have had a chance to recover.

  5. Bibliography DDT Banned Pesticide; Karl Harrison; 1996; http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/it_lectures/chemestry/mom/ddt/ddt.html Arnold Caroline; Saving the Peregrine Falcon; Minneapolis; Carolrohoda Books; 1985; page10 “Environmental Education For kids Peregrine Falcon-Faster Than a Speeding Bullet”; 3/15/03 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; “Peregrine Falcon”; September 1999

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