`CHICKEN LITTLE' AWARDS SHELLED OUT TO DDT (EMBARGOED UNTIL APRIL 10)

`CHICKEN LITTLE' AWARDS SHELLED OUT TO DDT (EMBARGOED UNTIL APRIL 10)

MAPLEWOOD, N.J. (Wireless Flash) -- A group called the National Anxiety Center has just released its annual Chicken Little Awards to honor what it calls "...scare-mongering that creates unnecessary public anxiety." At the top of the list is the 28-year-old ban on the pesticide DDT. It was supposed to protect the environment but, according to the Anxiety Center, the ban has resulted in the deaths of millions due to malaria. The organization is also giving a Chicken Little Award to the so- called dangers of "Urban Sprawl," because the entire U.S. population actually lives on less than 3 percent of the land mass.