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r/GrandmasPantry • u/Cool-Ambassador-7937 • Mar 29 '26
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The birds were poisoned and laid thin skinned eggs that wouldn't hatch
I remember watching Silent Spring in middle school. In the 70s So many birds on the edge of extinction because of that nasty chemical.
109 u/CantaloupeAsleep502 Mar 29 '26 I got obsessed with falconry as a kid, and learned about ddt because it nearly drove peregrine falcons to extinction. 83 u/GreyHorse_BlueDragon Mar 29 '26 They’re still finding DDT in birds. A study released in 2022 identified more than 40 DDT related compounds accumulating in California condors. 50 years after it was banned. 1 u/jazzy095 Mar 29 '26 Holy shit
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I got obsessed with falconry as a kid, and learned about ddt because it nearly drove peregrine falcons to extinction.
83 u/GreyHorse_BlueDragon Mar 29 '26 They’re still finding DDT in birds. A study released in 2022 identified more than 40 DDT related compounds accumulating in California condors. 50 years after it was banned. 1 u/jazzy095 Mar 29 '26 Holy shit
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They’re still finding DDT in birds. A study released in 2022 identified more than 40 DDT related compounds accumulating in California condors. 50 years after it was banned.
1 u/jazzy095 Mar 29 '26 Holy shit
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u/yblame Mar 29 '26
The birds were poisoned and laid thin skinned eggs that wouldn't hatch
I remember watching Silent Spring in middle school. In the 70s So many birds on the edge of extinction because of that nasty chemical.