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Science 2 April 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3666, pp. 90 - 91
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3666.90
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Bird Mortality after Spraying for Dutch Elm Disease with DDT

Charles F. Wurster Jr. 1, Doris H. Wurster 1, and Walter N. Strickland 1

1 Department of Biological Sciences, Dartmouth College, and Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755

In Hanover, New Hampshire, where elms were sprayed with DDT, 151 dead birds were found; 10 dead birds were found in Norwich, Vermont, where no DDT was used. Chemical analyses of dead birds, observation of symptoms of DDT poisoning, and a population decline after spraying all indicate severe mortality among certain species in Hanover.


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