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To: danielmryan

” Now in Africa, you have a group of people that the entire moralizer circuit considers disadvantaged: the underdogs. “

Hmmmm... Remember the DDT ban, and the thousands (tens? hundreds of thousands?) of deaths from Malaria in sub-saharan Africa??


26 posted on 07/21/2012 1:36:59 PM PDT by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Uncle Ike

“Hmmmm... Remember the DDT ban, and the thousands (tens? hundreds of thousands?) of deaths from Malaria in sub-saharan Africa??”

http://www.acsh.org/healthissues/newsid.442/healthissue_detail.asp

“THE DDT BAN TURNS 30 — Millions Dead of Malaria Because of Ban, More Deaths Likely”


47 posted on 07/21/2012 8:34:52 PM PDT by BwanaNdege (Man has often lost his way, but modern man has lost his address - Gilbert K. Chesterton)
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To: Uncle Ike
Hmmmm... Remember the DDT ban, and the thousands (tens? hundreds of thousands?) of deaths from Malaria in sub-saharan Africa??

To be honest, you had to remind me. Now that you mention it, I'm surprised that the African governments didn't defy the ban and try to make DDT in their parts. But, they didn't.

49 posted on 07/21/2012 9:02:02 PM PDT by danielmryan
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