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TQuid@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

In DDT’s defense, it wasn’t harm to humans that got it banned, but rather that it thins the shells of birds’ eggs, disrupting their reproduction. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt people—I don’t know—but it’s this ecological harm that led to banning it.

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