UhBell to Memes@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoPlease help the itching is unbearablelemmy.worldimagemessage-square90fedilinkarrow-up1928arrow-down120
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minus-square@topinambour_rex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink8•2 years agoSince 1990, 90% of the insexts dissapeared. So yeah let exterminate more.
minus-square@Bristlecone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•2 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations#:~:text=While some species such as,0.9 to 2.5%25 per year. Not exactly how OP put it, but still pretty alarming stuff here https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/ Bonus doom & gloom
minus-square@spauldo@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•2 years agoThat sounds odd to me, since that’s about when the DDT ban was really going into force worldwide. The resurgence of bedbugs in the US has been linked to our no longer using DDT.
Since 1990, 90% of the insexts dissapeared. So yeah let exterminate more.
Source?
90% PERCENT OF THE INSEXTS
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_in_insect_populations#:~:text=While some species such as,0.9 to 2.5%25 per year.
Not exactly how OP put it, but still pretty alarming stuff here
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GLOBAL-ENVIRONMENT/INSECT-APOCALYPSE/egpbykdxjvq/
Bonus doom & gloom
That sounds odd to me, since that’s about when the DDT ban was really going into force worldwide. The resurgence of bedbugs in the US has been linked to our no longer using DDT.