Here's a good article that sumarizes the controversy of DDT and eggshell thinning pretty well. The real discussion on this subject should be whether the human lifes saved by using the DDT, a very, very effective pesticide vs. the environmental damage it caused is worth it's use. That's another topic for another time.

http://www.reason.com/news/show/34742.html

David D. - Actually a few mallards I took this year were a little chewy. Every wonder where all that tire dust went?

Tom C

�There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.�
Aldo Leopold