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Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: New Peregrine cam in Australia
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on: 30-Sep-13, 11:50:18 AM
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That was my thought as well, Ei, although I didn't know DDT is still being used in some countries. I guess the words to "Big Yellow Taxi" are still appropriate.
Apparently it is used indoors to combat malaria. And it is persistent in the environment as well. I have to wonder if some is being released from melting ice. From the EPA's website: Current Status
Since 1996, EPA has been participating in international negotiations to control the use of DDT and other persistent organic pollutants used around the world. Under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme, countries joined together and negotiated a treaty to enact global bans or restrictions on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), which includes DDT, known as the Stockholm Convention on POPs. The Convention includes a limited exemption for the use of DDT to control mosquitoes which are vectors that carry malaria - a disease that still kills millions of people worldwide.
In September 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared its support for the indoor use of DDT in African countries where malaria remains a major health problem, citing that benefits of the pesticide outweigh the health and environmental risks. This is consistent with the Stockholm Convention on POPs, which bans DDT for all uses except for malaria control.
DDT is one of 12 pesticides recommended by the WHO for indoor residual spray programs. It is up to countries to decide whether or not to use DDT. EPA works with other agencies and countries to advise them on how DDT programs are developed and monitored, with the goal that DDT be used only within the context of Integrated Vector Management programs, and that it be kept out of agricultural sectors. |
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Other Nature Related Information / Falcon Web Cams / Re: New Peregrine cam in Australia
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on: 30-Sep-13, 11:21:55 AM
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28 Sept saw another egg crushed and it appears the cuplrit has again been Beau in a clumsy attempt at helping out;
He shouldn't be able to crush a healthy egg no matter how clumsy. Something is up there...DDT use hasn't stopped world wide... "Despite the worldwide ban, agricultural use continues in India,North Korea, and possibly elsewhere." wikipedia |
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Other Nature Related Information / Other Nature Web Cams / Re: Giant Pandas at the National Zoo
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on: 23-Sep-13, 07:37:30 PM
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 Mei Xiang has started putting the cub down for longer periods of time! Over the weekend and this morning when the keepers entered her den to continue their den training routine, Mei placed the cub on the ground and focused on the keepers the entire time. She drank all the diluted apple juice keepers offered her in exchange for participating in the training session – and even seemed to want more after she had finished it. Mei also feels comfortable leaving the cub several times each day to eat and drink in her adjacent indoor enclosure. |
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Walking in the woods
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on: 22-Sep-13, 04:35:10 PM
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Had a chance to walk on the rail trail today...I've been walking non-interesting places lately...and it was well worth the drive! First...wooly bear caterpillar says mild winter...  A Great Blue Heron...  Then a life bird for me...a Green Heron!  A bunch of Red Eared Sliders...  And this Box Turtle that rolled off the hill and landed on his back at my feet...I set him straight and sent him on his way  |
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