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Skeptoid fact check part 2
Posted by Tim Lambert on November 26, 2010
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In part 1 of this fact check I examined Brian Dunning’s assertions that DDT did not thin eggshells. Responses from Orac: “Dunning should know better”, Bug Girl: “Dunning clearly got his information second-hand. And it was bad information.”, and Dunning: I think I’ve repeated that Milloy was not one of my sources enough times. I…
Skeptoid fact check part 1
Posted by Tim Lambert on November 22, 2010 Brian Dunning’s Skeptoid does an excellent job of debunking pseudoscience, so his podcast on DDT is profoundly disappointing. Dunning claims that DDT use did not have a large impact on bird populations, that elitist environmental groups were killing brown children by blocking DDT use and that DDT is effective even if mosquitoes are resistant. None…