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COLUMN: IN OUR OPINION Here's the brown pelican brief: Use of the pesticide DDT in the 1950s and '60s caused the birds' numbers to decline dramatically, leading to its listing as an endangered species. It has taken 36 years, the banning of DDT and a lot of work by the US government, the states, conservation organizations, dedicated citizens and partners, but today we can say that the brown pelican is back," Salazar told a telephone news conference held simultaneously in Washington and Louisiana. The World Health Organization has recommended dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) for indoor residual spraying to control malaria when suitable alternatives are not available, and DDT is currently used for this purpose in approximately 14 countries, van den Berg (p. |
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DDSL DDSM DDSMS DDSN DDSN Transfer Process DDSO DDSP DDSPC DDSPY DDSR DDSS DDSSA DDSSF DDSSJ DDST DDST DDSTC DDSTL DDSTP DDSTS DDSU DDSUBEX DDSV DDSW DDSWS DDT DDT poisoningDDT&E DDT&V DDTA DDTA DDTC DDTCA DDTCC DDTCS DDTD DDTE DDTEFP DDTF DDTG DDTI DDTK DDTL DDTM DDTO DDTP DDTR DDTS DDTS DDTS DDTS DDTS DDTSOP DDTT DDTU | |||||
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