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"None Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest: A World Without Birds" [1]

In a new book, a Dutch researcher says a new class of insecticides, the neonicotinoids, may be causing as much damage to bird populations as the DDT Rachel Carson wrote about in Silent Spring. Some bird populations in Europe are crashing dramatically.

Kate Ravilious writes for the UK Independent November 15, 2010. [2]

Biodiversity [3]
Chemicals [4]
International [5]
Public [6]
Source: Independent [2], 11/15/2010
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