Re: Pu Toxicity vs DDT

[Brian_Gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca]

Brian Gaulke
01/29/99 12:24 PM

What health effects were looked for in the instances you cite?  References
to studies?

Brian R. Gaulke, CHP
Head, Dosimetry Section
Radiation Protection Bureau
Health Canada
brian_gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca





"blc+" @ pitt.edu on 99-01-29 11:48:57 AM

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Subject:  Re: Pu Toxicity vs DDT




     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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