On 15/08/2014 17:07, Sacha wrote:
5 or 6 years ago we stayed at a hotel in Turkey in Dalyan. We were
having pre-dinner drinks one evening when we saw the groundsman going
round, spraying the banks of the river where it bounded the hotel
garden. Ray recognised it as DDT and we moved hastily. The hotel owner
assured us it was 'nothing to worry about' No thanks!

The owner was right. It's not humans it hurts, but birds. (and lots of
other stuff...)

Andy