Songbirds dying from DDT in Michigan yards; Superfund site blamed

http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2014/jul/dead-robins
Date Written:  2014-07-28
Publisher:  Environmental Health News
Year Published:  2014
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX16973

The neighbourhood's songbirds are being poisoned by DDT, a pesticide that was banned in the United States more than 40 years ago. Lethal concentrations were found in the birds' brains, as well as in the worms they eat.