If the people dying from Malaria were white and not black there would be little concern for the other species. It would be lets start spraying again and saving lives. Now. arthur
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of pete Sent: Sun 5/27/2007 9:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Futurework] Silent Spring is a case study in the tragedy of good intentions On Sun, 27 May 2007, Harry Pollard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How many will die until then? > > Better resume spraying huts until the new ideas bear fruit. > > Harry Simply spraying has the problems Natalia has noted, unless it is done intelligently. One very effective procedure is to impregnate mosquito nets with DDT. It selectively kills those bugs which have the tendency to seek out people, while not compromising any natural predators. There are probably lots of other strategies. As activists have noted, the problem is that as most of the people who suffer the infestations are poor, there is no motivation for big multinationals to expend any money on researching and devising solutions. In this regard, global warming may be a blessing: as climate warms, malaria may once again become a problem for wealthy societies. Then watch how fast new strategies appear. -Pete > ********************************** > Henry George School of Social Science > of Los Angeles. > Box 655 Tujunga CA 91042 > 818 352-4141 > ********************************** > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:futurework- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of pete > Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 6:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Silent Spring is a case study in the tragedy > of good intentions > > On Fri, 25 May 2007, Lawrence de Bivort > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does anyone know if malaria can be stopped by any means other > than > > stopping DDT? > > Currently, work is proceeding on identifying genes for agents which > can identify and attack the blood flukes which cause malaria. These > are not intended for use in human vaccines, though that is also an > option. The grander plan is to develop either breed of mosquito, > or a strain of gut bacterium which coexists in the mosquito digestive > system, which is intolerant of the malarial flukes, which also > live in the mosquitoes gut. A malarial resistant mosquito is > also a stronger and healthier mosquito, which will easily outcompete > infected mosquitoes, and supplant them. It is tentatively estimated > such work may yield results in ten years, possibly sooner. > > -Pete > > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca > http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/795 - Release Date: > 5/9/2007 3:07 PM > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.6/795 - Release Date: 5/9/2007 3:07 PM _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
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