SCI 1030 Lecture slides 6

I Balcom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ64sV0nSVU

SPRAYING GOES ON DESPITE PROTESTS; L.I. Residents Denied Writ to Halt DDT Project--Fish Losses Called High U.S. DISCOUNTS MENACE Agriculture officials Assert No 'Damaging Reduction' in Wildlife Will Result

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnRGFEanuyQ&feature=related

Biomagnification

1967: A small group of scientists incorporates our organization as Environmental Defense Fund after winning a ban on the pesticide DDT, which was harming wildlife, especially birds of prey.

A Strong Dose-Response Relation Between Serum Concentrations of Persistent Organic Pollutants and

Diabetes. Results from the National Health and Examination Survey 1999–2002

Five of the 6 POPs demonstrated a strong trend of increasing risk of diabetes with increasing body burden of POPs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn0z8FCkOLc&p=668E9FDD58180705&playnext=1&index=33