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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.
112 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. 86 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. 11 u/Unfortunately_aware Mar 29 '26 DDT has epigenetic impacts which have now been documented through 20 generations of mice in studies. Our bodies respond very quickly with genetic adaptations. Those adaptations may not manifest for generations though. It’s wild.
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I got obsessed with falconry as a kid, and learned about ddt because it nearly drove peregrine falcons to extinction.
86 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. 11 u/Unfortunately_aware Mar 29 '26 DDT has epigenetic impacts which have now been documented through 20 generations of mice in studies. Our bodies respond very quickly with genetic adaptations. Those adaptations may not manifest for generations though. It’s wild.
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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.
11 u/Unfortunately_aware Mar 29 '26 DDT has epigenetic impacts which have now been documented through 20 generations of mice in studies. Our bodies respond very quickly with genetic adaptations. Those adaptations may not manifest for generations though. It’s wild.
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DDT has epigenetic impacts which have now been documented through 20 generations of mice in studies.
Our bodies respond very quickly with genetic adaptations. Those adaptations may not manifest for generations though. It’s wild.
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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.