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To: combjelly who wrote (337995)	5/19/2007 10:58:58 AM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573547

BS is how you're trying to sell your opinion as fact by nuancing details within the history of DDT. Sounds like a lawyer trying to get an admitted murderer off on a technicality. If you're worried about infant mortality, you might consider a crusade to stop the killing of 1500000 unborn children a year in the US as a form of birth control.

To: combjelly who wrote (337995)	5/19/2007 4:41:13 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1573547

The fact of the matter is that DDT was becoming a problem in the 1960s. It doesn't metabolize readily, and when it does, the metabolite is more dangerous than the DDT. It is a fat soluble, so once it is in your system, it stays around for a while. And high concentrations of DDT or its metabolite, DDE in the blood of pregnant women greatly increases the risk of a premature birth, hence contributing to infant mortality. And let's not overlook what it does to the eggs of some bird species like the eagle.