> From: Ashwani Vasishth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> This on-going debate over the use of DDT to check
> the spread of malaria is really a debate over
> boundaries and scales.
It seems it may be more, and less, than that. After
some preliminary searching on the author of the
article, Donald Roberts, his organization, Africa
Fighting Malaria (he sits on the board), and the
organizations funders, I keep turning up links to
people and organizations of certain political
inclinations (free-market, anti-environmental,
industry).
So I checked Wikipedia, which says of Africa Fighting
Malaria:
"Formed in 2000, AFM's staff members have current or
former links with a range of right-wing or free market
think tanks including the Competitive Enterprise
Institute, Institute of Economic Affairs and Tech
Central Station, organisations that are all critical
of environment movements, as is the AFM itself."
"...AFM ran a "Save Children From Malaria" campaign
designed to prevent the Stockholm Convention from
banning the use of DDT. The coalition consisted of:
* Competitive Enterprise Institute
* Africa Fighting Malaria
* European Science and Environment Forum
* Liberty Institute
* Center for Dissemination of Economic Knowledge
(CEDICE)"
"...Documents in the Legacy Tobacco Document Archive
[1] show that in the planning stages AFM sought the
support of the tobacco industry, which hoped to divert
resources from efforts by the World Health
Organization to reduce smoking."
So this smells of hidden agenda to me. Anyway, isn't
it pointless to use DDT if it just leads to acquired
resistance anyway?
Joe
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