[rktman]

Weird huh? Still no evidence (except hearsay) that DDT is bad but it's still banned in the US. Is it still in use anywhere? I'm guessing that it works better than the mosquito net programs in place in various places around the world.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“In the words of Professor Robert H. White-Stevens, an agriculturist and biology professor at Rutgers University, ‘If man were to follow the teachings of Miss Carson, we would return to the Dark Ages, and the insects and diseases and vermin would once again inherit the earth.’”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/henrymiller/2012/09/05/rachel-carsons-deadly-fantasies/

[G Larry]

Malaria has killed MILLIONS since the DDT ban.

If you like support from an unlikely source, check the July 2007 issue of National Geographic.

It totally vindicates DDT.

The only problem noted was the saturation levels used in the U.S.
But there were no negative effects from third world use.

[The Great RJ]

Thanks to Obama’s EPA we will soon be not only shivering or sweltering in our darkened homes because we can’t afford our electric bills, but be starving because we can neither afford nor find food on the grocery shelves.