tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post1094117378219457378..comments2024-03-29T06:05:04.162+01:00Comments on Robert's Stochastic thoughts: Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14455788499385673507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3621026.post-37750521002850779042009-06-21T12:59:33.055+02:002009-06-21T12:59:33.055+02:00It's interesting to me that the poisoning of t...It's interesting to me that the poisoning of the kid on the farm seems to have fallen out of the literature.<br /><br />It's also interesting to me that the relatively frequent use of DDT as a suicide tool in Asia is almost wholly unreported in Europe and America. <br /><br />It's easy to miss evidence of toxicity if one doesn't look at actual toxic effects.<br /><br />Look here:<br />http://physchem.ox.ac.uk/msds/DD/DDT.html<br /><br />Mind you, LD-50 numbers must be calculated from actual deaths. It would be useful to have an account of the deaths that went into the calculation, but it is probably not wise to say they didn't occur.Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.com