Actually, the Wikipedia article specifically says that there was never an international ban per se and that DDT has always been available for mosquito control in the developing world. It was withdrawn voluntarily in many places because mosquitoes developed <Can you guess?> resistance and hence loss it effectiveness. The idea that a DDT ban caused an a malarial surge in the third world appears to somewhere between an urban myth and political disinformation.
Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >DDT isn't banned any more, at least for anti-mosquito efforts. You can buy >insect repellant now that has DDT in it. Isn't that DEET in the insect repellant? As a suspected carcinogen DDT would not be a good thing to smear on one's body. DDT is banned in N America and mostly banned internationally according to Wikipedia. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
