DDT - Lets put it everywhere!
I don't think enough people understand the full gravity and impact that this had on the US and the generations after. We sprayed 1.3bil pounds here. That's the equivalent in weight of 2 empire state buildings of pure DDT, sprayed all over the country. Hard to fathom.
DDT is basically a forever chemical too because it concentrates in fat and takes forever to break down, and even the compounds it breaks down into can be just as toxic and hard to get rid of, sometimes even more so.
You'd think because they stopped spraying it decades ago that it would have dissipated at least a little bit by now, but it hasn't. It actually continues to concentrate in higher and higher amounts in the species at the top of the food chain, which is human beings. It's highly concentrated in soils too, so it's also in all our fruits and veg in varying amounts. That means the actions of the people back in the 40s-60s, get exponentially more detrimental to us in the future as time passes, with each generation.
This paper found strong correlations with concentrations of DDT in the fat of those with type 2 diabetes, decades later. If any of these women had children, they would be born with the DDT inside them, which is also a severe endocrine disruptor.
Adipose Tissue Levels of DDT as Risk Factor for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
https://twitter.com/Inversionism/status/1693417170863018085 DDT - Lets put it everywhere!
I don't think enough people understand the full gravity and impact that this had on the US and the generations after. We sprayed 1.3bil pounds here. That's the equivalent in weight of 2 empire state buildings of pure DDT, sprayed all over the country. Hard to fathom.
DDT is basically a forever chemical too because it concentrates in fat and takes forever to break down, and even the compounds it breaks down into can be just as toxic and hard to get rid of, sometimes even more so.
You'd think because they stopped spraying it decades ago that it would have dissipated at least a little bit by now, but it hasn't. It actually continues to concentrate in higher and higher amounts in the species at the top of the food chain, which is human beings. It's highly concentrated in soils too, so it's also in all our fruits and veg in varying amounts. That means the actions of the people back in the 40s-60s, get exponentially more detrimental to us in the future as time passes, with each generation.
This paper found strong correlations with concentrations of DDT in the fat of those with type 2 diabetes, decades later. If any of these women had children, they would be born with the DDT inside them, which is also a severe endocrine disruptor.
Adipose Tissue Levels of DDT as Risk Factor for Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus https://twitter.com/Inversionism/status/1693417170863018085
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