#January 29, 1958
#OTD The #Boston Herald published "Evidence of Havoc by #DDT" by #Duxbury #Journalist, & #Naturalist: Olga Owens Huckins.
The Huckins' land was "where #Songbirds sang, #Ducks swam, & #GreatBlueHerons nested" until #Massachusetts #Mosquito Control sprayed DDT.
Olga wrote,
"[They] killed 7 lovely #Songbirds outright... 3 the next morning... [The birds] trusted us & [nested here] year after year."
Olga also wrote to her old friend Rachel Carson who later wrote #SilentSpring.