Ashwani Vasishth wrote:
It seems to me people that propagate the use of DDTgenuinely
fail to see the long-term consequences of a renewed use.
Maybe the people that propagate the use of DDT (indoors to kill
repel mosquitoes) understand and appreciate the fact that the
long term consquences
Ashwani Vasishth wrote:
It seems to me people that propagate the use of DDTgenuinely
fail to see the long-term consequences of a renewed use.
Maybe the people that propagate the use of DDT (indoors to kill
repel mosquitoes) understand and appreciate the fact that the
long term consquences
This on-going debate over the use of DDT to check the spread of malaria is
really a debate over boundaries and scales. Different spatial, temporal and
organizational boundaries around what each side thinks is the proper problem
space are what make two quite opposing conclusions valid.
We can
to the
problem of getting society to balance short-term benefits against long-term
consequences.
Bill Silvert
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From: Ashwani Vasishth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: Mosquito control, DDT etc. - boundaries
of getting
society to balance short-term benefits against long-term consequences.
Bill Silvert
- Original Message - From: Ashwani Vasishth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: Mosquito control, DDT etc. - boundaries
Yes, Boundaries Scales, but also Impact Tolerance
Standards.
Ecologists cannot make a mathematically valid
case that using a coffe cup size amount of DDT on the
inside surfaces of homes in malaria prone countries
every 6-12 months could ever have more than a negligible
adverse impact on the
