and it didn't affect you one bit
and it didn't affect you one bit
Posted on 07/12/2021 9:17:08 AM PDT by algore
Hailed as a miracle in the 1950s, the potent bug killer DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) promised freedom from malaria, typhus and other insect-borne diseases. Manufacturers promoted it as a “benefactor of all humanity” in advertisements that declared, “DDT Is Good for Me!” Americans sprayed more than 1.35 billion tons of the insecticide—nearly 7.5 pounds per person—on crops, lawns and pets and in their homes before biologist Rachel Carson and others sounded the alarm about its impacts on humans and wildlife. The fledgling U.S. Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT in 1972.
Friends and family often ask Barbara Cohn, an epidemiologist at Oakland's Public Health Institute, why she studies the effects of the long-banned pesticide. Her answer: DDT continues to haunt human bodies. In earlier studies, she found that the daughters of mothers exposed to the highest DDT levels while pregnant had elevated rates of breast cancer, hypertension and obesity.
Cohn's newest study, on the exposed women's grandchildren, documents the first evidence that DDT's health effects can persist for at least three generations. The study linked grandmothers' higher DDT exposure rates to granddaughters' higher body mass index (BMI) and earlier first menstruation, both of which can signal future health issues.
“This study changes everything,” says Emory University reproductive epidemiologist Michele Marcus, who was not involved in the new research. “We don't know if [other human-made, long-lasting] chemicals like PFAS will have multigenerational impacts—but this study makes it imperative that we look.” Only these long-term studies, Marcus says, can illuminate the full consequences of DDT and other biologically disruptive chemicals to help guide regulations.
(Excerpt) Read more at scientificamerican.com ...
and it didn't affect you one bit
and it didn't affect you one bit
I grew up on military bases and they used to fog the housing areas weekly. We never avoided it and did ride our bikes behind the trucks.
The banning of DDT did lead and continues to lead today to lots of death in Africa and elsewhere.
I am glad I cancelled my SA subscription 20 years ago.
DDT did much good including causing Low-T in millennials and the woke..
So do you think the COVID vaccine will get this type of scrutiny in years to come? I don’t think so. The makers of DDT mustn’t have donated to the Democrat party like big Pharma does.
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2013/04/29/when_liberal_ideology_results_in_mass_death/
When Liberal Ideology Results in Mass Death
Apr 29, 2013
RUSH: In Reno, Nevada. Hi, Vickie. Great to have you on the program.
CALLER: Yeah. What I’m calling about is it has just come to light 50 years after Rachel Carson wrote Silent Spring that she based all of her information, her data, so-called data, on anecdotal information. She completely ignored the available information of the day. She belonged to the Audubon Society, and she ignored their annual bird count, which showed there was no fewer birds in the years prior to her writing her book. And now we’ve based all of our current environmental legislation on the false data that she presented in her book.
RUSH: This is a real sore spot with me, Rachel Carson. For those of you who don’t know, there is this pesticide called DDT, and it virtually wiped out malaria. But Rachel Carson came along one day and claimed that DDT corrupted the eggs recently laid by birds, it was leading to the death, it was killing birds and other animals. DDT was a pesticide killing animals in nature, and so DDT was pulled. The most effective weapon against malaria ever, and one book by a liberal activist, Rachel Carson, which was fraud in and of itself — and, by the way, Vickie —
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: — Rachel Carson’s fraud has been known long before since last week or last year. But it’s still active. DDT is still not permitted. It’s still subject to all of the denigration that was heaped upon it. Her words are still gospel.
CALLER: Yeah. And it’s killed millions of citizens on the continent of Africa.
RUSH: Right.
CALLER: Because they quit using the DDT.
RUSH: Exactly. Millions of young Africans are dead because of Rachel Carson, who is now herself dead.
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: She long ago passed away. But that’s a great example, great example. She’s a good touchy-feely really cares for the animals liberal. And she went out there and she claimed that DDT — it was like, remember the California condor was facing extinction, and they were doing everything they could to save the condor. By the way,, forget the condor for a second. One of my all-time favorite birds is the pelican. I’m fascinated by the things. They are a protected species. You know why? Because it is said that DDT softens the shells of pelican eggs and many of them don’t even hatch.
It’s all BS. It’s like this BS of lights on the beach and turtles. Folks, there’s so much liberal fraud out there that has resulted in the loss of common sense, day to day freedom. But more, it’s just fraud. It’s a bunch of lies for the purposes of advancing the liberal ideology. And the liberal ideology is expansive governments, waning individual freedom. It’s hideous. Rachel Carson was a faker, pure and simple. I’m glad you called, Vickie. Thanks.
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Rachel Carson was full of it. That has been well documented. Because of her nonsense being touted as truth, millions of people died from malaria who might have been spared had DDT not been banned. We used to ride our bikes through clouds of the stuff while we followed the billowing mosquito spray truck down the street. No issues so far.
Off topic, but just bury your food scraps in your mulch pile. No animal fats or meats though. Same with your newspapers and junk mail. I have a large blender in the garage from a paper mill lab and I re-pulp all my waste paper. Best compost ever!
you can even drink Roundup.
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Another plea for more grant money by the ‘scientists’. I’m sure that many here used to be engulfed in the spray as kids and all is well in their families.
Oh and you can drink glyphosate - you may get sick to your stomach. I’m sure you are thinking of the retail stuff which is 3-6%. However, a 40gal commercial barrel of glyphosate is up to 46%; then diluted for use back to 3-6%.
A few years back 7 people drank the undiluted 46% glyphosate in an attempt to commit suicide, 6 had very bad stomach aches and one actually died, but it was his 4th attempt.
Unless you are a plant and have plant genes, glyphosate unlikely to kill you, since glyphosate targets specific plant genes.
These people are environmental assholes..
Let’s do a real study..
Let’s get an actual number of deformalities and deaths due to DDT...
Let’s get actual numbers on wildlife impact due to DDT...
Then, let’s get actual numbers on deaths and deformalities due to malaria...
And rocky mountain spotted fever..
And all other mosquito borne diseases..
That would be a real scientific study
I’ve tried adjusting all the settings on my end to prevent double posts, but it continues half the time.
I remember this conversation because Rush was discussing how people were trying to shut down his residence in Florida due to “BS of lights on the beach and turtle”.
I have lived in Africa and Rachel Carson was doing the work of her Father, the devil, when she wrote that book and used it to shut down DDT.
Math is way off. 1,35 billion tons is 2,7 TRILLION pounds. 5 BILLION people is 540 pounds per person. Don’t believe it! Check my math, may be getting rusty.
Math is way off. 1,35 billion tons is 2,7 TRILLION pounds. 5 BILLION people is 540 pounds per person. Don’t believe it! Check my math, may be getting rusty.
I’m old enough to remember when articles in Scientific American had at least some empirical validity.
Rush discussed the DDT ban several times in the run of his show but this was one example I quickly found and he would rebroadcast such calls/monologues when he was on the air because they quickly covered the basics of the issue (that never seems to go away).
If he was still on the air I’d expect him to reference it from his stack of stuff at least once in the current 2 week span of this study getting press.
Scientific American has become a fictional left wing rag. Rachel Carson was a whack job sci fi writer. The only lingering effects from DDT exposure are a few days where mosquitos won’t bother you. Millions of now dead malaria victims would gladly have taken the non-risk.
There is strong reason to believe the "linked" symptoms are simply genetic.
But most of those that died were people of color so their lives didn't matter.
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