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If you're looking for another reason to hate that hippie friend of yours that won't shut up about the plight of every plant, animal and insect in danger of extinction, DDT is a good place to start.

Widely considered the first major victory of the environmentalist movement, DDT was banned from use in most applications thanks to a series of insanely half-assed scientific experiments and a book about birds. That book, Silent Spring, was released in 1962 and argued that DDT was not only a carcinogen, but also damaging to wildlife and, especially, certain birds. The public, upon hearing about the possibility of having to live in a world without peregrine falcons and ospreys, did what it does best in situations like this--they lost their **** without a second thought.


The single most important bird on the planet.

Soon, pesticides were the cause du jour for environmentalists and average folks that believe whatever the hell they read, and DDT was banned in 1972. The problem was, the science quoted in the book was all kinds of faulty. One scientific study that purported to show that DDT exposure led to a higher incidence of leukemia in mice was later proven to be more than a little tainted. Turns out, the mice in the experiment were fed moldy food that contained aflatoxin, a known carcinogen. When the test was repeated minus the rancid food, the test results were exactly the same, except without all of the leukemia and stuff.

As for the birds, Audubon Society studies showed that 26 different kinds of birds actually increased in population during DDT's heyday. In cases where bird populations did decline, it was revealed that in most cases the decline began either well before widespread use of DDT began or years after it was banned. Environmentalists dispute the findings, but on the other hand ... who gives a **** about the damn birds? Especially considering ...

In 1972, DDT killed fewer people than ...



F'n malaria.

See, what many people don't know about DDT is that the person who discovered that it could be used as a pesticide actually won a Nobel Peace Prize. Why? Because it was kind of effective in fighting malaria. When spraying of DDT stopped in Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka), malaria cases rose from 17 in 1963 to 2.5 GDamn million in 1969, an increase of approximately a bajillion fofillion percent. And to this day, the mosquito remains the deadliest killer Mother Nature has to offer, with a confirmed 2 million kills per year.

But, hey at least there's a lot more ospreys around.

The 5 Scares

Quote:malaria cases rose from 17 in 1963 to 2.5 GDamn million in 1969, an increase of approximately a bajillion fofillion percent.

No, I'm not laughing at the case, I'm laughing at the sarcasm and idiocy of the enviro-whackos that caused this ****. Like the ***** who caused it.

My shop teacher in HS had some he saved from back in the day. "I use this **** whenever I go camping, no bugs bites ever, and I'm 70 and still alive". He told the best stories...

I'm surprised that Three Miles Island wasn't ranked higher. Granted, I don't know much about the middle three, but this really jacked up our nation's power choices. No new reactors since 1979.

Any chance someone can copy and paste the entire article here as this website is blocked at my place of employment.

Rebel Wrote:

Quote:1.DDT



If you're looking for another reason to hate that hippie friend of yours that won't shut up about the plight of every plant, animal and insect in danger of extinction, DDT is a good place to start.

Widely considered the first major victory of the environmentalist movement, DDT was banned from use in most applications thanks to a series of insanely half-assed scientific experiments and a book about birds. That book, Silent Spring, was released in 1962 and argued that DDT was not only a carcinogen, but also damaging to wildlife and, especially, certain birds. The public, upon hearing about the possibility of having to live in a world without peregrine falcons and ospreys, did what it does best in situations like this--they lost their **** without a second thought.


The single most important bird on the planet.

Soon, pesticides were the cause du jour for environmentalists and average folks that believe whatever the hell they read, and DDT was banned in 1972. The problem was, the science quoted in the book was all kinds of faulty. One scientific study that purported to show that DDT exposure led to a higher incidence of leukemia in mice was later proven to be more than a little tainted. Turns out, the mice in the experiment were fed moldy food that contained aflatoxin, a known carcinogen. When the test was repeated minus the rancid food, the test results were exactly the same, except without all of the leukemia and stuff.

As for the birds, Audubon Society studies showed that 26 different kinds of birds actually increased in population during DDT's heyday. In cases where bird populations did decline, it was revealed that in most cases the decline began either well before widespread use of DDT began or years after it was banned. Environmentalists dispute the findings, but on the other hand ... who gives a **** about the damn birds? Especially considering ...

In 1972, DDT killed fewer people than ...



F'n malaria.

See, what many people don't know about DDT is that the person who discovered that it could be used as a pesticide actually won a Nobel Peace Prize. Why? Because it was kind of effective in fighting malaria. When spraying of DDT stopped in Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka), malaria cases rose from 17 in 1963 to 2.5 GDamn million in 1969, an increase of approximately a bajillion fofillion percent. And to this day, the mosquito remains the deadliest killer Mother Nature has to offer, with a confirmed 2 million kills per year.

But, hey at least there's a lot more ospreys around.

The 5 Scares

Quote:malaria cases rose from 17 in 1963 to 2.5 GDamn million in 1969, an increase of approximately a bajillion fofillion percent.

No, I'm not laughing at the case, I'm laughing at the sarcasm and idiocy of the enviro-whackos that caused this ****. Like the ***** who caused it.

As I figured, you only care about your, you are stself and the rest of the world be damned. Get over yourself. You aren't that important.

As for the top 5 scares, I would have to go with the Condy Rice and the neocon "Mushroom cloud" bull ****.

I am assuming you missed this little gem:

Quote:The problem was, the science quoted in the book was all kinds of faulty. One scientific study that purported to show that DDT exposure led to a higher incidence of leukemia in mice was later proven to be more than a little tainted. Turns out, the mice in the experiment were fed moldy food that contained aflatoxin, a known carcinogen. When the test was repeated minus the rancid food, the test results were exactly the same, except without all of the leukemia and stuff.

T-Monay820 Wrote:I'm surprised that Three Miles Island wasn't ranked higher. Granted, I don't know much about the middle three, but this really jacked up our nation's power choices. No new reactors since 1979.

My favorite TMI story is about the guy who took a Geiger counter into the Senate hearings. Because the chamber is made of granite with some radioactive materials embedded, the readings in the Senate chamber during the hearings were higher than those recorded at TMI.

RobertN Wrote:As for the top 5 scares, I would have to go with the Condy Rice and the neocon "Mushroom cloud" bull ****.

Oh, so you don't believe that there are organizations/groups/countries that want to detonate a nuclear warhead in the US. Don't breathe too hard, you might inhale too much sand.

When did Cracked begin to have funny (to someone above the junior high mentality) and interesting articles? I remember Cracked as the Jan to Mad Magazine's Marsha, but some of these lists have been outstanding.

And Gore's An Inconvenient Truth has a long way to go to do as much damage as A Silent Spring.

I'd include the "Bird Flu" scare of 2005-2006 in the list.. It didn't mutate like they thought it would. But better safe than sorry.

I'd add the terror-alert meter to that. Right now we are code Yellow! Umm...does anyone actually think it will go to the lowest level? This thing is fear mongering to the max. I'm just glad it doesnt get reported on anymore.

ETSUfan1 Wrote:I'd add the terror-alert meter to that. Right now we are code Yellow! Umm...does anyone actually think it will go to the lowest level? This thing is fear mongering to the max. I'm just glad it doesnt get reported on anymore.

My question is, what would it take to get us below Yellow?

GrayBeard Wrote:

ETSUfan1 Wrote:I'd add the terror-alert meter to that. Right now we are code Yellow! Umm...does anyone actually think it will go to the lowest level? This thing is fear mongering to the max. I'm just glad it doesnt get reported on anymore.

My question is, what would it take to get us below Yellow?

UBL and AAZ's heads on dry ice in a cooler in the Sec Def's Office will get it below Yellow..

Here is my terror alert scale...

If you like the Bald Eagle you don't like DDT. It's one or the other. It made their shells too weak.

Machiavelli Wrote:If you like the Bald Eagle you don't like DDT. It's one or the other. It made their shells too weak.

Mach, you know I like you, but you also know what's coming up next.


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Link?

the Population boom scare mongering should be on there, Jimmy Carter got on TV and declared that the world would run out of resources by the end of the 1980's.

there was a famous book on that stuff from back then, they were trying to justify slowing economic growth and expansion. same as today with 'global warming'

Don't forget "Global Cooling" from the 1970's.

Rebel Wrote:

Machiavelli Wrote:If you like the Bald Eagle you don't like DDT. It's one or the other. It made their shells too weak.

Mach, you know I like you, but you also know what's coming up next.


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Link?

I'll help out.

http://www.npca.org/wildlife_protection/...eagle.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~bradwood/eagles/ddt2.htm

http://www.fws.gov/species/species_accou..._eagl.html