Tim Tyler writes
In uk.rec.gardening Oz wrote:
: Tim Tyler writes

:Numerous pesticides are concentrated in animal fat.

: No, just DDT.

Perhaps you'd like to broaden that to all the chlorinated hydrocarbon
pesticides - methoxychlor, aldrin, dieldrin, chlordane, toxaphene,
endrin, heptachlor, lindane, etc?

Indeed, but like DDT these are all banned in the UK.

...and don't tell me these are more banned pesticides.

They are.

Some of them are still registered for use - e.g. in Canada.

I'm not in canada, I'm in the EC.

: Halogenated hydrocarbons may be measured in concentrations of
: hundreds-fold greater than those in blood of the same individuals.''

: DDT, there you go. Banned in the early 70's.

Halogenated hydrocarbons covers a lot more than just DDT.

All the persistent ones are banned for crops in any reasonable country.
Some may still be used for termite control, but few people eat wood.

So much for your pesticides not being concentrated in animals thesis.

Since the early 70's thats so for approved crop pesticides.
Your list are all pre-that and banned.
So you are still wrong.

A major toxic pesticide, plainly concentrated in animal fat.

You will be permitted to aruge that DDT is not a relevant
pesticide when it disappears from our environment and soils.

On the contrary, the fact that it is banned, and products with similar
characteristics are not approved, is more than enough.

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