Thank you Peter, This detailed report is helpful. Dwight Dwight E. Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 2005 E320 4matic Wickford RI
On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 9:11 AM Peter Frederick via Mercedes < [email protected]> wrote: > DDT has always been available anywhere in the world except the US and > Western Europe. It is very rarely used anymore because it's not effective, > most target insects developed resistance pretty quickly. > > Birds, on the other hand, have not developed any, and DDT in fish eating > birds has dropped back to near pre-DDT levels. > > The malaria problem is mostly due to resistance of the malaria parasite to > the commonly used drugs -- it was nearly eliminated as a human problem in > the 70's, but the funding was eliminated for the eradication programs (free > drugs, community policing to eliminate breeding sites for the mosquito, > etc.( during the Reagan administration. > > Malaria is carried by a mosquito that requires still, stagnant water in > shallow containers for reproduction, if you eliminate all the shallow > stagnant water pools, you eliminate the mosquito and hence the malaria. In > other words, eliminate poverty and ignorance, and malaria goes away.... > > DDT isn't a magical mosquito killer, contrary to modern internet myth, but > it IS a very powerful neurotoxin. The breakdown products are still rather > nasty, and it persists in the environment essentially forever if protected > from UV light. Exposure to DDT in a form that penetrates the skin causes > severe, permanent neurological damage, and all neurotoxins cause abnormal > brain development in embryos (think autism, eh?). It also is fat soluble, > not water soluble, so accumulates in body fat -- nearly all that is > ingested stays in the body fat of that organism, and can get released at > high levels if that fat is ever metabolized. This is what did the fish > eating birds in, they accumulated large amounts, then when raising young > the blood levels of DDT shot up and messed up calcium deposition in > eggshells. Thin or missing shells results in failed reproduction in > birds...... > > Remember that there is no content filter built into the internet, and > there are plenty of people who will lie for personal gain...... > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
