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Here's some news that might interest those in Halifax and other maritime communities that have been active in the fight against pesticides and other toxic stuff ... Do you remember that scare a year or so ago, when all those dead birds were turning up? And people were worried about West Nile Virus? This is probably old news to some. But, the Fall 2001 issue of Alternatives, http://www.alternativesjournal.ca in an article by Helen Baulch (page 4) reports that many of the autopsied birds were killed not by the virus. Rather, it was common pesticides that got them. Insecticides are also reported to be a problem. Apparently the news isn't really new or startling. However, when resources were directed at the West Nile problem, there were more dead birds being studied. Here's hoping for a spring that is anything but silent ... ~paul :) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: messages to sust-mar must be plain text format (no HTML) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-
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