[wita]

I believe it is Carson, and the only thing worse is how malaria lives on once DDT became the enemy. Deaths of tens of thousands of people somehow pales in comparison to the lofty iggle. Malaria was almost eradicated until Carson came along.

[Mamzelle]

A silly woman who might have written good poetry. She made us all conscious of the environment, I guess I have to give her credit, but has left us with her fatuous legacy of religiosity and Gaia-worship.

And the lives lost to malaria, thanks to Rachel Carson, number in the millions. Yet another pernicious liberal, up to her dithering armpits in human death and destruction.

[fatnotlazy]

Yeah. Now the big thing is donating to purchase mosquito nets. I keep thinking if the enviro-whackos hadn't pushed to have DDT banned, there might not have been a need for mosquito nets.

Why is it, every time these alleged do-gooders do anything, it ends up costing us more — sometimes even lives?

[Sherman Logan]

Not a fan of the DDT ban, or the flimsy reasons behind it.

However, to be fair, if DDT had continued being used at the massive rate it was before Carson came along, it is likely considerable resistance would have evolved by now.

Pesticides, biocides and antibiotics are just not very long term solutions to pest or germ problems. The more massive the use, the more quickly resistance evolves.