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THERE has been considerable concern about the presence of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides in wild birds' eggs. The toxicology of chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides has been evaluated1–3, using hens' eggs, and emphasis has usually been placed on the effects on hatching. In the experiments of Dunachie and Fletcher, hatchability was not affected even by very large doses (for example, 200 p.p.m, of dieldrin).
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KOEMAN, J., OUDEJANS, R. & HUISMAN, E. Danger of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Insecticides in Birds' Eggs. Nature 215, 1094–1096 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2151094a0
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