50 years ago, DDT pushed peregrine falcons to the edge of extinction
Excerpt from the February 22, 1969 issue of Science News
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RAPTORS RECOVERED Peregrine falcon populations are flying high once again after the federal government took steps to protect them in the 1970s.
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