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AndyS

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2. That IS interesting! I was aware of the DDT issue.

Reply to Donkees (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 2, 2023, 04:05 PM

Jan 2023

My eldest brother was a pioneer in the crop dusting industry which was responsible for the DDT calamity.

To his dying day he maintained that it was all worth it to kill mosquitos and prevent malaria ignoring the fact that 90% of DDT application was agricultural.

It's odd how anything that impinges on your income can be justified . . .

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It's interesting that they incubate their eggs with the skin of their feet Donkees Jan 2023 #1

That IS interesting! I was aware of the DDT issue. AndyS Jan 2023 #2