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DDT’s Decline Tests California Farms and Pelicans
California farmers reduce DDT use as pests adapt to alternatives. Substitutes emerge while four crops remain eligible. 1970 usage reached 1,164,699 pounds with first half of this year at 13,000. Brown pelicans show rebound off Anacapa Island, though some birds still suffer thin eggshells and delayed recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
H. D
Budd) Ware
Ridge Ginning Co
Bakersfield
Calif
California Department of Fish and Game
India
UC Davis
Sherman M Nash
Agricultural Chemicals and Feed Division
Department of Agricuture
California Department of Public Health
George Root
California Department of Agriculture
Root
Anacapa Island
Gulf of Mexico
United States
Oxnard Plain
Department of Fish and Game
William Griffith
Fish and Game Department
Sacramento