Junk Science or Bunk?
http://www.junkscience.com/dec99/benjerr2.htm
http://www.junkscience.com/nov99/bjpress.htm
Junk Science is a website that I believe to be QUITE dangerous in
dissemination of reverse results, ie. they find the one study that
refutes and hype it. DDT is OK!
"Many children enjoy Ben & Jerry's ice cream," said Milloy,
"but by the company's own standards, its ice cream is not safe.
Are they choosing corporate profits over children's health?" he asked.
Milloy appears here to be a stooge not questioning what other ice cream
companies are doing (or not doing). A quote by B&J over the "no safe"
level of dioxin is taken out of context. And within a breath or two:
The DDT debunk scares the pants off me:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/991227/carson.htm debunks Carson
author of "Silent Spring" So now we are to believe that "all other
reasons" are for the thinning of the bald eagle shells.
While banned decades ago in industrialized countries, thousands of tons
of the deadly pesticide DDT are still produced each year, causing health
and environmental hazards in the U.S. and throughout the world because
of its long life and ability to travel great distances. It also converts
to DDE and other slightly less noxious forms. It has a half life of 8
years meaning it will take 16 years to dissipate if death does not
occur.
DDT the first of the chlorinated organic
insecticides, was originally prepared in 1873,
but it was not until 1939 that Paul Muller of
Geigy Pharmaceutical in Switzerland
discovered the effectiveness of DDT as an
insecticide he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
medicine and physiology in 1948 for this
discovery).
The use of DDT increased enormously on a
worldwide basis after World War II, primarily
because of its effectiveness against the
mosquito that spreads malaria and lice that
carry typhus. The World Health Organization
estimates that during the period of its use
approximately 25 million lives were saved.
DDT seemed to be the ideal insecticideit is
cheap and of relatively low toxicity to
mammals (oral LD50 is 300 to 500 mg/kg).
However, problems related to extensive use of
DDT began to appear in the late 1940s. Many
species of insects developed resistance to
DDT, and DDT was also discovered to have a
high toxicity toward fish.
Also from http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm
But mosquitoes were killed which is a good thing or so we think.
And somewhere along the line, "ORGANIC FARMING" returned, revitalized!!!
-- Happy Solstice, Prosperous New Century! _______________________________________ «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤» ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ Recycler DaveA remodeler, drummer, farmer, soapmaker
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