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Worldwide Pesticides Killing Songbirds

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Posted by Brian J. Porter on March 30, 2008 at 9:43 PM
An op-ed in today's New York Times details the impact of pesticides worldwide on migrating bird populations, especially North American songbirds. The article, titled "Did Your Shopping List Kill a Songbird?" links the high demand for imported grocery products with the rampant use of pesticides in Latin America, for example, that are illegal here. The result -- a decline in migratory birds.

Here's a link to the article (registration required): http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/30stutchbury.html?ex=1207540800&en=ec53c93877f5bab7&ei=5070&emc=eta1
Posted by Larry Fischer on November 26, 2008 at 8:14 AM
In third world countries the use of DDT is again being advocated and done. Why? It is a good mosquito killer and it reduces malaria, a killer of people. The question: Do we kill birds or people? I guess most of us in the U.S. prefer to have birds live since malaria doesn't really affect us. What's your take? the fisch