Looks like the right wing DDT propaganda ignores some important facts: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT_ban
"Although the publication of Silent Spring undoubtedly influenced the U.S. ban on DDT in 1972, the reduced usage of DDT in malaria eradication began the decade before because of the emergence of DDT-resistant mosquitoes. Indeed, Paul Russell, a former head of the Allied Anti-Malaria campaign, observed that eradication programs had to be wary of relying on DDT for too long as "resistance has appeared [after] six or seven years." Furthermore, the application of DDT that proved most troubling to environmentalists (and indeed, health officials) was in agriculture. Even as anti-malaria programs were reducing their usage of DDT, producers of cotton and other cash crops were spraying ever increasing amounts of the pesticide, further limiting DDT's overall effectiveness. As noted above, El Salvador actually saw its cases of malaria increase during years of high DDT usage, directly contradicting the claims of Crichton and others." --- In [email protected], "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <fairfieldlife@> > wrote: > > > > on 6/6/06 2:01 PM, shempmcgurk at shempmcgurk@ wrote: > > > > > > That's all you've got to say about millions who died as a result of > > > the environmentalists' successful ban of DDT...that's it's "a > > > standard retort"? > > > > > How did these millions die? > > > Malaria, other diseases that would have been eradicated by disease- > bearing mosquitoes et. al. had DDT been allowed to be used. > > > > > There was no alternative preferable to DDT? > > > > > > > DDT is/was a wonder pesticide. Apparently, nothing comes close to it > in its effectiveness. > > > > > > > > What > > would have been the consequences if we had continued to use DDT to > ³save² > > these ³millions?² > > > > Uh, they'd be alive? > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
