Bird Mortality after Spraying for Dutch Elm Disease with DDT
Abstract
In Hanover, New Hampshire, where elms were sprayed with DDT, 151 dead birds were found; 10 dead birds were found in Norwich, Vermont, where no DDT was used. Chemical analyses of dead birds, observation of symptoms of DDT poisoning, and a population decline after spraying all indicate severe mortality among certain species in Hanover.
- Publication:
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Science
- Pub Date:
- April 1965
- DOI:
- 10.1126/science.148.3666.90
- Bibcode:
- 1965Sci...148...90W