David Bryant wrote: "what happens when Africa is left with DDT resistant anophoeles?"
=20 Why would that happen? Evolution is just a theory and global warming is nonsense that is only talked about by scientists in order to increase funding. =20 American companies (e.g. Dow) manufacture pesticides illegal in the US = but legal elsewhere. Some of these are produced domestically. Meanwhile in = the US these same companies invest money into convincing people that they = are concerned about the environment and tout their EPA "Green Chemistry" = awards. =20 This fa=E7ade of environmental concern is perhaps best encapsulated in a = quote from Dow's website discussing the Bhopal tragedy they inherited from = united carbide: =20 "At DowEthics, we know how important it is to keep up the appearance of listening to our critics." http://www.dowethics.com/r/about/corp/email.htm =20 I'm guessing they were a little confused about some = connotation-denotation issues on that one. =20 =20 =20 Ned Dochtermann =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Bryant Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 12:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Forbes calling for renewed use of DDT to fight malaria =20 Recently I read David McCullough's book on the history of the Panama =20 Canal: "Path Between the Seas". =20 I was shocked to find that two American Physicians were able to =20 reduce malaria and yellow fever to nil by simply isolating patients, =20 screening windows and controlling open water in populated areas. =20 This was over 100 years ago and DDT had not even been invented yet. =20 While DDT may be temporarily effective, what happens when Africa is =20 left with DDT resistant anophoeles? =20 David =20 David M Bryant Ph D University of New Hampshire Environmental Education Program Durham, NH 03824 =20 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 978-356-1928
