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==The anti-DDT campaign==

==The anti-DDT campaign==

Contrary to scientific facts, the AAAS condemned [[DDT]] as "environmentally unsafe", based on a paper about birds and the alleged thinning of eggshells by DDT in their diet. Actually, the researcher had reduced [[calcium]] in the birds' diet at the same time! When this was exposed, and another study was performed showing that DDT consumption did '''not''' thin the birds' eggshells, the AAAS refused to publish the results in its journal ''Science''. Dr. Thomas Jukes of UC Berkeley reported a conversation in which the editor of ''Science'' had revealed his policy of never publishing anything positive about DDT. <ref>[http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache%3AEN7NHyE9TxwJ%3Awww.jpands.org%2Fvol9no3%2Fedwards.pdf+%22Scientific+fraud%22&hl=en&gl=us DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud]</ref>

Contrary to scientific facts, the AAAS condemned [[DDT]] as "environmentally unsafe". It based this assumption on a paper about birds and the alleged thinning of eggshells by DDT in their diet. In reality, the researcher had reduced [[calcium]] in the birds' diet while conducting the experiment, thereby falsifying the results. When this was exposed, and another study was performed showing that DDT consumption did '''not''' thin the birds' eggshells, the AAAS refused to publish the results in its journal ''Science''. Dr. Thomas Jukes of UC Berkeley reported a conversation in which the editor of ''Science'' had revealed his policy of never publishing anything positive about DDT. <ref>[http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache%3AEN7NHyE9TxwJ%3Awww.jpands.org%2Fvol9no3%2Fedwards.pdf+%22Scientific+fraud%22&hl=en&gl=us DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud]</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==