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Which of the following best describes how DDT use lead to a serious decline in the osprey population of Long Island Sound during the late 1950's and 1960's?
 
  A) DDT was sprayed on the grasses and contaminated the osprey chicks that walked through the grass.
  B) The osprey chicks ate insects that were contaminated with DDT which lead to chick mortality.
  C) The adult ospreys ate DDT contaminated fish and died from eating the poisonous fish.
  D) Adult ospreys could not produce normal thickness eggs due to DDT in their food supply.
  E) DDT was sprayed on the nesting sites in an attempt to eradicate mosquitos along the shoreline.
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