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I FIND four points of disagreement with the proposal of Blus et al.1,2 that DDE is the probable cause of thin eggshells in brown pelicans.
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HAZELTINE, W. Disagreements on Why Brown Pelican Eggs are Thin. Nature 239, 410–411 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239410a0
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