“I remember in the early 60s on an AF base overseas them spraying the housing areas with DDT trucks several times a week. Heavy fog. I even got caught in it riding my bicycle more than once. I have yet to see a positive long term assessment of the ills of DDT vs use benefits against multiple insect borne diseases.”
Same here. Turkey, 1971-1972. They sprayed like crazy. No autism in anyone I know from there.
DDT is an endocrine disruptor which means it is linked to a higher rate of birth defects, diabetes, reproductive disorders and breast cancer etc especially from early life (prenatal and childhood) exposure. Whether controlled indoor spraying can save more lives used as a disease vector control in the third world is an open question but pretending that there is absolutely no risk to human health is as unscientific and politically motivated as the hysteria employed against it.