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To: silent_jonny

Why was DDT banned in the first place? Was it rumored to cause cancer or something? Having thousands die from malaria is so much better!

No, it was an environmental issue. It was killing the planet, causing animals to be endangered, etc. None of it was true, but some woman went on the crusade to have it banned.


2,096 posted on 04/15/2010 4:14:24 AM PDT by EmilyGeiger (Our constitution was written so that we could have equal opportunity, not equal results.)
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To: EmilyGeiger

Rachel Carson...one of the greatest mass murderers in history.


2,097 posted on 04/15/2010 4:18:48 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: EmilyGeiger
No, it was an environmental issue. It was killing the planet, causing animals to be endangered, etc. None of it was true, but some woman went on the crusade to have it banned.

If they said DDT caused cancer or something (even though that's not true either) I could at least see the logic of wanting to ban it. But banning it over thin eggshells is insane. And it's a lie too.

2,122 posted on 04/16/2010 5:56:59 AM PDT by silent_jonny
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