[colorado tanker]

Original DDT is perfectly safe, but the envirowackos refuse to admit Rachel Carson was peddling junk science. They’ve caused millions of malaria deaths.

[G Larry]

"They’ve caused millions of malaria deaths."

That was on purpose.

They didn't want the third world population growth, lest they demand the benefit of their own natural resources.

[hanamizu]

They’ve caused millions of malaria deaths.

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I used to tell my students (Jr High) that Rachel Carson was responsible for more human deaths than Stalin and Hitler combined. I know she didn’t mean to, but banning DDT brought back malaria to the third world. It needs to be brought back but I doubt it will.