Are new discoveries always good?

[2LaneCruzer]

View attachment 756072 amen

Love that cartoon (ca. 1970). Had a copy of that in my office when I worked for the DEQ.

 

[Jstpssng]

Another lazy myth that has been debunked

From the Wall Street Journal:

"The use of DDT under the regulations involved here does not have a deleterious effect on freshwater fish, estuarine organisms, wild birds or other wildlife."


”The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service attributed bald eagle population reductions to a "widespread loss of suitable habitat," but noted that "illegal shooting continues to be the leading cause of direct mortality in both adult and immature bald eagles," according to a 1978 report in the Endangered Species Tech Bulletin.
A 1984 National Wildlife Federation publication listed hunting, power line electrocution, collisions in flight and poisoning from eating ducks containing lead shot as the leading causes of eagle deaths.

In addition to these reports, numerous scientific studies and experiments vindicate DDT.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists fed large doses of DDT to captive bald eagles for 112 days and concluded that "DDT residues encountered by eagles in the environment would not adversely affect eagles or their eggs," according to a 1966 report published in the "Transcripts of 31st North America Wildlife Conference."

Source: The Myth that DDT Caused Egg Thinning and Depletion of Eagles

I'm not subscribed to the WSJ so wasn't able to open your link. However, this DDT and the myth of Bald Eagle Egg Thinning | Allithea... seems aligned with the point you seemed to be making, and probably is similar to that in the Journal.

 

[ljjhouser]

Fixastuff

A perfect example of "Saying it does not make it true"

 

[stuckmotor]

When I was around nine or ten I used to sprinkle DDT onto a litter of puppies and rub it in with my hands. Pretty soon I noticed that two of them couldn't lift themselves up on their front legs while the rest of the litter were running around like puppies do. I guess I'll never know whether the DDT had anything to do with their condition or the case of prostate cancer I had a while back.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

New discoveries and knowledge are agnostic, what men do with them is the problem many times.

Exactly. As Alan Ladd, in Shane said regarding guns, "Guns are just a tool, Marian...like a shovel or a rake or a hoe...no better, or no worse than the man using it".

 

[/pine]

The thing about many discoveries is the knee jerk conclusions that get jumped to...
...How many times do the powers that be (doctors, scientists, researchers etc., etc...) reverse or altar their initial or previous conclusions about ..you name it...!

I wonder what they'll be saying about GMOs etc... in a hundred years if there's anyone left with more than a few working brain cells etc...

 

[Jstpssng]

An article from Reader's Digest was in my news feed this AM, which fits right into this discussion.

7 Inventors Who Regretted Their Inventions

Add to the list, whomever invented the browser scan, which will bring something into your feed because you've been writing or reading about it. (I know there's a term, but won't think of it until after the coffee finishes brewing.)

 

[scaredychicken]

 

[Hay Dude]

Yeah, not debunked. For every one like you posted I can find others saying the opposite. So at best, there is debate and no final resolution. But I think fake news plays a big part in this. But thanks for the opposing 'view/opinion.'

DDT and Birds

DDT and Birds

web.stanford.edu

The Real Story Behind the War Against DDT

Charles Wurster pens a personal account of how the Environmental Defense Fund took down the most notorious pesticide in history.

www.audubon.org

If the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proving through an extensive scientific study that DDT did bald eagles no harm is ”view/opinion” to you, then yeah, one could see why you think DDT is bad. And furthermore if you take that scientific study over a book written by a devout environmentalist then yeah, there’s little hope you’d see it any other way.
I’d rather see 10’s of millions of people not have died horrible deaths than get rid of DDT even after declared safe by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.

People have become so desensitized to human life & suffering, its absolutely no surprise to me. All these windmills, solar panels, electric cars and the freakishly obsessed way these geeks pursue this junk just shows they won’t stop until they get their way-no matter how many people suffer & die to get there.

 

[Doughknob]

If the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service proving through an extensive scientific study that DDT did bald eagles no harm is ”view/opinion” to you, then yeah, one could see why you think DDT is bad. And furthermore take that scientific study over a book written by a devout environmentalist then yeah, there’s little hope you’d see it any other way.
I’d rather see 10’s of millions of people not have died horrible deaths than get rid of DDT even after declared safe by the US Fish & Wildlife Service.

People have become so desensitized to human life & suffering, its absolutely no surprise to me. All these windmills, solar panels, electric cars and the freakishly obsessed way these geeks pursue this junk just shows they won’t stop until they get their way-no matter how many people suffer & die to get there.

Do u mean this? I read it much differently than u!

https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/historic-news-releases/1964/19641115.PDF