Alright, I need to do a debate in Biology about DDT. My side is against it but I'm not exactly sure where I can get information for a GOOD debate, for my teacher is picky on this stuff hah, anyways, any ideas?
2007-10-29 17:11:29 · 4 answers · asked by Ashley 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
In 1962, Houghton Mifflin published Silent Spring by American biologist Rachel Carson. The book catalogued the environmental impacts of the indiscriminate spraying of DDT in the US and questioned the logic of releasing large amounts of chemicals into the environment without fully understanding their effects on ecology or human health.
Other areas for information include:
The Environmental Protection Agency
The Endangered Species Act (DDT was killing the Eagles and Falcons)
Good luck with your project.
2007-10-29 17:25:40 · answer #1 · answered by kflan2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
checkout the book "Our stolen future" (or generation, not sure which). It deals with the discovery of the problem of DDT.also have a look for websites regarding vietnamese hospitals which look after children of the generation which was exposed to high amounts of DDT (this could be an interesting approach, and probably not one taken by many people).
Good luck
2007-10-29 17:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just type in ddt in the yahoo web search. There are all kinds of sites with information.
2007-10-29 17:20:20 · answer #3 · answered by PEGGY S 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i would love to help but whats DDT?
2007-10-29 17:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by mh.shine 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋