DDT saves lives -

Opinion Journal ^ | November 9, 2005

[UnklGene]

DDT Saves Lives -

November 8, 2005

It's horrifying enough that malaria -- a preventable and curable disease -- claims one million lives every year and that most victims are Africa's pregnant women and children under five. Compounding this tragedy, however, is the global lobbying effort against the most effective method of combating the mosquito-borne illness: spraying outdoors and inside houses with the insecticide DDT...

[thulldud]

most victims are Africa's pregnant women and children under five.

That's the ticket! Why didn't somebody think of saying this before now?

Women and Minorities Hardest Hit!!!

[ncountylee]

The DDT ban made who feel good?

[thulldud]

Rachel Carson, wouldja think?

[TommyDale]

"The DDT ban made who feel good?"

The mosquitoes!

[Amish with an attitude]

Interesting information I found when examining options for pest control on our ranch.

http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm

We prefer organic methods but, some insects only understand the "nuclear option". Haven't ever tried DDT, I don't believe it's even available in the U.S.

[BufordP]

ping.

[ConservativeMind]

Perhaps the ban is how liberals seek to reduce the number of impoverished people throughout the world.

[fso301]

Haven't ever tried DDT, I don't believe it's even available in the U.S.

Mexico still uses it... as well as R-12, Chloridane, etc, etc.

[brityank]

Mr. Brownback's efforts to correct this are meeting resistance from other Members of Congress, particularly in the House. The relevant appropriations bill is currently in House-Senate negotiations, and GOP Representative Jim Kolbe of Arizona is chief among those pushing for watered-down language. His argument is that Congress should defer to the "experts" at AID and resist "micromanaging." But if the agency has reached a point where it is allowing women and children to suffer and die rather than employ methods that work, it's time for Congress to exercise some adult supervision.

Ping

[markman46]

this is what Bill Gates gave all thoses millions to find a Vac for!!, how about a little DDT.

[Ditto]

Perhaps the ban is how liberals seek to reduce the number of impoverished people throughout the world.

There is no perhaps about it. The anti-DDT bandwagon was hitched directly to the over population propagandists.

[Eaglewatcher]

The DDT ban has killed more human beings than Hitler was responsible for killing! It was based on junk science and its continuation is immoral.

[arthurus]

The ĐT ban helps prevent Africans and thus reduces racism, or something.

[Eaglewatcher]

Africa is not the only place that the DDT ban is effecting the human population. It also effects the whole sub continent on Asia and it is a problem here in the USA in the Southeast and it also has helped in the spread of the west Nile problem.

[Chode]

so they can starve to death???

[arthurus]

Nowadays here in the southeast we are developing a varied collection of mosquito born deadly diseases. But then the enviros look upon the southeast as being Africa, too.

[editor-surveyor]

Thanks for the pings!

Seems like we're constantly abandoning that which works, and spending billions on that which does not.

[editor-surveyor]

Thanks for the pings!

Seems like we're constantly abandoning that which works, and spending billions on that which does not.

[southernnorthcarolina]

Rachel lied. And children died.