On Apr 6, 2005 9:34 PM, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > he does. One could argue that it seems like a big > > > part of the environmental movement as well, for > > > example (why else prevent the use of DDT, for example? > > > Rich white liberals could demonstrate how moral they > > > were - they were _Concerned_ about the environment - > > > without really giving up anything, because malaria had > > > already been wiped out in their countries, and if poor > > > brown people far away die in order to emphasize their > > > moral purity, well, so what?). > > > > Except, of course, that's not true. > > > > http://www.who.int/malaria/vectorcontrol.html > > Except, of course, it isn't done very much.
This has nothing to do with rich white liberals preventing poor brown people from having DDT. > They don't spray in Zambia and > Neli has had malaria four times. They sprayed a good deal until the '70s > when environmentalists have convinced Africans that the dangers outweigh > the risks. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/africa/1677073.stm What are you trying to suggest? That Africans are incapable of making informed decsisions? Dr Samuel Mabunda and Dr Avertino Barreto have been tricked by Western environmentalists? I don't see how that link supports Guatam's accusation in any way. > It has just been restarted in South Africa because the malaria epidemic was > getting much worse. DDT is cheap and effective, and the environmental > damage from targeted spraying, while real, needs to be weighed against > hundreds of thousands of deaths/year. So basically it all comes down to cost. > Other hits on that google discuss spraying as controversial. Why should it > be? You've just posted a link saying why. > Now, if you can find articles that says groups like Greenpeace support DDT > spraying in African, then I stand corrected. But I don't think you will. I think the Greenpeace/WWF line is that DDT should be banned and replaced with safer, more expensive substitutes. Again though this is irrelevant. Have environmentalists killed anyone through their objection to the agricultural use of DDT in the developed world? No. Martin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
