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Date: Wed, 24-Sep-86 09:48:17 EDT
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In article <303f1d1e.46@apollo.uucp> nazgul@apollo.UUCP (Kee Hinckley) writes:
>
>Absolutely not true.  There are a number of insecticides that are currently
>used on crops that do NOT break down.  Some of these were originally thought
>to be safe, others are applied regardless of the fact.
>
>                                              -kee

This is a good point, but there is one thing that bothers me about the whole
idea of insect eradication.  Suppose we found the perfect insecticide which
kills all of the insects in the area and is totally harmless to people.
Wonderful.  The only problem is that there is an entire food chain with
insects at the bottom.  The insecticides might not hurt the birds, but
lack of insects to eat sure might.  And flowering plants which rely on insects
for cross-pollenization.  And lots of consequences we don't even forsee.

	Things would have to be awfully bad before this scenario would be
preferable....

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		geoff sherwood
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