Re: Pu Toxicity vs DDT

[Bernard L Cohen <blc+@pitt.edu>]

	What is the evidence that DDT is toxic to humans? About a billion
people were exposed to heavy doses of DDT -- inmates of concentration
camps uopn release, people in India and Africa in malaria control
programs, etc -- and no toxic effects were found. DDT was banned because
it was supposedly harmful to falcons by thinning their egg shells, not
because of any harm to human health.

Bernard L. Cohen
Physics Dept.
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Tel: (412)624-9245
Fax: (412)624-9163
e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu


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