Greens Feel Good: People Die

Conservative Trailhead ^ | 12/3/2004 | Henry Ortuno

[Read2Know]

Environmentalists love to pat themselves on the back for one of their proudest accomplishments of the 20th century. I'm talking about the banning of DDT.

I'm sure everything you've heard about DDT is bad. The fact is, the banning of DDT has resulted in the deaths of millions of third world people. This link gives a clue as to the lengths leftists will go to to feel good about themselves.

These tree-huggers are a danger because they think they know what's best for the unenlightened masses. They feel it is up to them to guide the rest of the uninformed and unclean to live in a world that matches their enviro-socialist fantasy.

What is never examined by these eviro-saviors is the long term damage they heap upon the innocents unable to fight back.

[Read2Know]

This link:http://www.junkscience.com/malaria_clock.htm

[Bellows]

DDT is hardly benign. You also imply that use of DDT is banned worldwide, thus allowing malaria to spread unchecked, when in fact many, and perhaps most, of the countries where malaria is a problem permit use of DDT. But its effectiveness against mosquitoes carrying malaria is hardly a justification for its use in the US, where malaria is not a threat. So I do not quite understand what your point is. Is it that we should resume use of DDT in the US? If so, why?

[Bellows]

Allow me to add to my previous post, this information from Wikipedia:

[T]he ban on DDT did not significantly interfere with its use as an anti-malarial agent; malarial deaths remain depressed in most of the world, except for Africa, where they have been climbing steadily since 1900. The World Health Organization attributes most of the increase in malarial deaths to insect resistance to pesticides (like DDT) and malaria pathogen resistance to drug treatments, in addition to generally poor health of much of the African population.

[Read2Know]

"Is it that we should resume use of DDT in the US? If so, why?"

Go to the website in the posting.
The fact is mosquitoes carry malaria. DDT kills mosquitoes. It can be used safely without hurting the environment.

Check this link: http://info-pollution.com/ddtban.htm