Link | Environmental Protection Agency. Many plant and wildlife species can be found near or in cities, agricultural fields, and recreational areas. Before allowing a pesticide product to be sold on the market, we ensure that the pesticide will not pose any unreasonable risks to wildlife and the environment.
Link | Wildlife and Pesticides – Corn Authors:William E. Palmer, Peter T. Bromley, and John R. Anderson, Jr. Wildlife is an important part of a healthy rural environment. This fact sheet is one of a series that describes how pesticides can be managed to minimize harm to wildlife on our farms, in our waters, and in our forests.
Link | Purdue University: Pesticide Programs PESTICIDES AND WILDLIFE. An Introduction to Testing, Registration, and Risk Management
Link | United States Geological Survey, Reston VA. DDE and Birds of Prey
Link | http://whyfiles.org/016skeeter/kill.html Effects of various herbicides and pesticides on Avian Species. Death to Mosquitoes A promising bunch of killers. In the heyday of the war on malaria, widespread DDT-spraying campaigns were used to stifle the pesky bloodsuckers. But DDT played havoc with the environment — it killed birds
and beneficial insects as well as anopheles mosquitoes. And the
mosquitoes eventually gained resistance .
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Link | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services The use of pesticides negatively impacts the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) trust resources, including fisheries resources, threatened and endangered species, migratory birds and their habitats.
Organochorlines in the food chain
Link | A Summary of Resources and Web Links by Pest Management at the Crossroads: NOT SPECIFIC TO DDT, But may be useful *The Art and Science of Pest Management* *Policy and the Public Interest* *Forces Driving Change*