On 31 Jul 2003 08:47:26 GMT, (Nick Maclaren) wrote:


In article ,
martin writes:
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| http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/ddt/ddt.html
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| "The use of DDT was banned in the United States in 1973, although it
| is still in use in some other parts of the world. The buildup of DDT
| in natural waters is a reverisble process: the EPA reported a 90%
| reduction of DDT in Lake Michigan fish by 1978 as a result of the
| ban."
|
| and
| http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,55843,00.html

If I recall correctly, it was still INCREASING in some Arctic animals
well into the 1990s. While the process is reversible, the timescale
is very long.

Do you know how many million people die of malaria every year?
--
Martin