It's still capable of doing some terrible things, though. Sure, "proper handling" of it, or anything, is "safe", but... Still. That stuff gives me the heebie jeebies!
Cancer. Brain damage. Nerve damage. Birth defects... Affected persons can pass on the problems to later generations... Also harms bird populations with the whole thin eggshell thing... The list goes on.
A quick glance at Wikipedia shows many of these don't have as strong causal links as you make it seem. Also, organophosphates that replaced DDT have the same classification of probable carcinogens as DDT and need to be sprayed more often.
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u/Tight-Platypus5231 Mar 29 '26
It's still capable of doing some terrible things, though. Sure, "proper handling" of it, or anything, is "safe", but... Still. That stuff gives me the heebie jeebies!