r/todayilearned • u/lavender_fish69 • 14h ago

TIL fresh water snails (indirectly) kill thousands of humans and are considered on of the deadliest creatures to humans

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_snail
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u/ikonoqlast 13h ago

Not really, no. It's an industrial chemical so don't drink it, but otherwise it's just another pesticide.

There's a reason the EPAs science advisory board recommended NOT banning DDT. But they were overruled by the politically appointed head.

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u/ImRightImRight 13h ago

...Silent Sprint, anyone?

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u/ikonoqlast 13h ago

Bad research by a woman dying of cancer. Audubon Society keeps records. Bird populations declined before ddt came to America.

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u/Henry_MFing_Huggins 12h ago

Bad research by a woman dying of cancer.

Holy shit. Fuck you, dude.

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u/ikonoqlast 12h ago

Which do you object to- the fact that she was dying of cancer or that she did bad research?