What effect is having DDT pesticide on birds?

DDT and Birds. Birds played a major role in creating awareness of pollution problems. Indeed, many people consider the modern environmental movement to have started with the publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson's classic Silent Spring, which described the results of the misuse of DDT and other pesticides. read more

Indeed, many people consider the modern environmental movement to have started with the publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson's classic Silent Spring, which described the results of the misuse of DDT and other pesticides. In the fable that began that volume, she wrote: "It was a spring without voices. read more

DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) is a pesticide widely used for protection of crops as well as for prevention of diseases like malaria. Though DDT has been found to be very effective and economical for the basic function of destroying pests, it also has many harmful side effects. read more