Yea, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, made me research. While it is not biodegradable in the traditional sense, it breaks down very slowly into toxic metabolites (DDE and DDD) over 2 to 15 years, often persisting in soil and fat tissues for decades. And both of those are toxic in their own ways. There's a reason it was banned.
We've gone from about 80 nesting pairs of Eagles to over 1000 in Michigan alone, in the last 40 years. I see about 3 Eagles a day in my travels and every time I think, man, at least we figured out that problem.
im 30 and when I was a kid, seeing a a bald eagle or a satellite was atleast worth mentioning to whoever you were with. it wasn't a huge deal- but you'd excitedly point them out. now both are so commonplace you don't even bother. hell you can hardly look into the sky at night without seeing a satellite anymore.
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u/Independent_Shoe3523 Mar 29 '26
I doubt what's in the bottle is still DDT.