On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, John Rodgers wrote:

> Reminds me of "Silent spring" by Rachael Carson.
>
> More to it than most people ever consider.

On the plus side, the turkey vultures are starting to come back, where I
live.  I suspect the DDT ban has something to do with it, but I don't know
for sure.  I do know that when I was a kid, you rarely saw them, but these
days they're common in the summer.

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