On Thu, 06 May 2004 20:06:54 -0700, Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote quoting > > http://www.techcentralstation.com/041504I.html ~~~~~~~
Doug, DDT was banned in the United States for obvious reasons and all but a few have hailed that decision. ÂThose few are now getting funding from anti-government think tanks and some corporate sponsors. Tech Central Station, a fake news and opinion outlet supported by corporations it writes opinions for, is now paid to be against the DDT ban. ÂTCS receives funding based on PR campaigns it undertakes for clients. For more on Tech Central Station see Meet the Press - How James Glassman reinvented journalism--as lobbying. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0312.confessore.html DDT use was already in decline in the US because of increased insect resistance. DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane) killed many beneficial insects, birds, and aquatic animals â not just malarial mosquitoes and it presents a carcinogenic risk to humans, ÂDDT is a persistent chemical it does not break down but increasing builds up, particularly as it moves up the food chain. During the 1950s and 1960s several species of birds, including osprey, cormorant, brown pelican, bald eagle, prairie falcon, sparrow hawk, and peregrine falcon, were severely effected the pesticide DDT. A chemical derived from the DDT weakened the egg shells of these birds, reducing their ability to reproduce. >From a Bush government website: How can DDT, DDE, and DDD affect my health? DDT affects the nervous system. People who accidentally swallowed large amounts of DDT became excitable and had tremors and seizures. These effects went away after the exposure stopped. No effects were seen in people who took small daily doses of DDT by capsule for 18 months. A study in humans showed that women who had high amounts of a form of DDE in their breast milk were unable to breast feed their babies for as long as women who had little DDE in the breast milk. Another study in humans showed that women who had high amounts of DDE in breast milk had an increased chance of having premature babies. In animals, short-term exposure to large amounts of DDT in food affected the nervous system, while long-term exposure to smaller amounts affected the liver. Also in animals, short-term oral exposure to small amounts of DDT or its breakdown products may also have harmful effects on reproduction. How likely are DDT, DDE, and DDD to cause cancer? Studies in DDT-exposed workers did not show increases in cancer. Studies in animals given DDT with the food have shown that DDT can cause liver cancer. The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) determined that DDT may reasonable be anticipated to be a human carcinogen. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) determined that DDT may possibly cause cancer in humans. The EPA determined that DDT, DDE, and DDD are probable human carcinogens. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/tfacts35.html DDT is NOT banned now for control of malaria in most of the rest of the world. This recent campaign against regulation of DDT has evidently been started by companies making DDT because the United Nations has recently recommended a ban on all uses of DDT except for malaria control. This malaria organization wants to get rid of DDT, but not until a cheap effective replacement is found and may clarify some issues. http://www.malaria.org/DDTpage.html #1 on google for liberal news
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