Re: [gardeners] intro
Annetta Green (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Fri, 29 Jun 2001 07:56:07 -0400
Thanks for the information Ed. All of what I know is what is published in
the paper. There were other pesticides and chemicals besides DDT, it was
just the only one I knew when reading. Even then it was saying there were
toxic levels of 4 or 5 different chemicals in the birds.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Muckle" <grower@nethop.net>
To: <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [gardeners] intro
> Anetta:
> The half life of DDT is 50 years. It is slow to perc through the soil
> and fruit trees under water stress have been shown (OSU) to draw up and
> exudate DDT through the leaves to drop again on the soil surface. So much
> for the three years with no chemicals and you are organic.
> Regards
> Ed Muckle
> grower@nethop.net
> www.21stcenturygardener.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Annetta Green <agreen@cfl.rr.com>
> To: gardeners@globalgarden.com <gardeners@globalgarden.com>
> Date: Thursday, June 28, 2001 2:39 PM
> Subject: Re: [gardeners] intro
>
>
> >George,
> >what is the half life of DDT? How long can it sit in the ground and be a
> >viable poison? The research, by state scientists, is showing that the
> toxic
> >levels of the farm chemicals, most outlawed now, are what is/has been
> >killing the birds. They found very high levels in the soil, water and
> >birds.
>
>