1.   The waste, including banned pesticides and fungicides, much of it in inadequate containers, was produced by companies in the former East Germany.

2.   The thinning, caused by residual levels of the banned pesticide DDT, makes it impossible for the birds to reproduce.

3.   The wastes included arsenic, nitrate, cyanide and the banned pesticide chlordane.

4.   Fifteen Asiatic wild elephants, which died last month in remote northeastern India, were killed by a banned pesticide used by some villagers, an investigator said Saturday.

5.   The report did not list the banned pesticides or provide other details.

6.   Wildlife authorities have ordered a probe to find out how the villagers procured the banned pesticide.

7.   Most of the cases have been blamed on the illegal use of banned pesticides on vegetables.