Rivers of Death

Rivers of Death


The very basic overall concept behind this article is that pesticides kill aquatic life. Needless to say, this is a bad thing. This article refers to cases of pesticide spraying back in the 1950’s. Different pesticides sprayed all over Canada and the United States, all had very negative effects on the life in streams and rivers.
One of these pesticides that is most harmful to the environment is DDT. In 1954 DDT was sprayed from planes in the forests of the Northwest Miramichi in Canada to control budworms. The DDT was a mixture of ½ pound of DDT per acre, with oil. Within a few days after th...