Re: Pu Toxicity vs DDT

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

	My source of this info is the book "Toxic Terror" by Elizabeth
Whelan,Prometheus Books, 1993 and papers by Prof Jencks (spelling?) from
Berkeley.EPA sponsored a large study before the banning of DDT about 1972
(the study recommended against the ban, but Ruckleshouse ignored the
report and banned DDT for what he later conceded to be for political
purposes), so that report may be available. If you need more detail, I
will dig things out of my files.

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


On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 Brian_Gaulke@hc-sc.gc.ca wrote:

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> Brian Gaulke
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> What health effects were looked for in the instances you cite?  References
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> Brian R. Gaulke, CHP
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> "blc+" @ pitt.edu on 99-01-29 11:48:57 AM
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>      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
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> e-mail: blc+@pitt.edu
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