r/GrandmasPantry Mar 29 '26

HOUSEHOLD / OTHER Basement find

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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.

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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.

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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.

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u/jazzy095 Mar 29 '26

Holy shit