DDT was not toxic to people. There was a guy who went around ingesting teaspoons of it, without effect.
DDT was only banned because of unwarranted fears that it thinned the egg shells of eagles.
It’s unnecessary loss is responsible for tens of millions of deaths.
100 Things You Should Know About DDT
https://www.freedomforallseasons.org/CriticalAreaOrdinanceMythEmail/2013-01-10%20100%20Things%20You%20Should%20Know%20About%20DDT.pdf
I think about the effects of DDT and what opinions mean to it and I’ll need more than an article from Junk science.com. Steve Milloy is the editor of this blog, and the writer of the article you displayed, and within their web page it states that the number one reason for the blog is:
“The media may use junk science to produce sensational headlines and programming, the purpose of which is to generate increased readership and viewership. More readers and viewers mean more revenues from advertisement. The media may also use junk science to advance personal or organizationsl social and political agendas.”
DDT has also been used in the past for the treatment of lice.
It was especially used to dust service people coming from overseas. My father was dusted in WWII when he returned from Germany and Italy. He died of complications of diabetes 2.
“People excessively exposed to DDT while working with the chemical or accidental exposure report a prickling sensation of the mouth, nausea, dizziness, confusion, headache, lethargy, incoordination, vomiting, fatigue, tremors in the extremities, anorexia, anemia, muscular weakness, hyperexcitability, anxiety, and nervous tension.
Mammals exposed to moderate doses (500 mg/kg) of DDT (technical) have an increased risk of liver tumors. DDT is highly fat soluble. When fat stores are used during periods of starvation, the breakdown products of DDT are released into the blood where they are toxic to the liver and the nervous system.
http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/archive/ddttech.pdf
NPIC is the National Pesticide Information Center and is a cooperative agreement between Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Might be a little more reputable than junkmail.com.
I think about the effects of DDT and what opinions mean to it and I’ll need more than an article from Junk science.com. Steve Milloy is the editor of this blog and within their web page it states that the number one reason for the blog is:
“The media may use junk science to produce sensational headlines and programming, the purpose of which is to generate increased readership and viewership. More readers and viewers mean more revenues from advertisement. The media may also use junk science to advance personal or organizationsl social and political agendas.”
DDT has also been used in the past for the treatment of lice.”
It was especially used to dust service people coming from overseas. My father was dusted in wwII.
“People excessively exposed to DDT while working with the chemical or accidental exposure report a prickling sensation of the mouth, nausea, dizziness, confusion, headache, lethargy, incoordination, vomiting, fatigue, tremors in the extremities, anorexia, anemia, muscular weakness, hyperexcitability, anxiety, and nervous tension.
Mammals exposed to moderate doses (500 mg/kg) of DDT (technical) have an increased risk of liver tumors. DDT is highly fat soluble. When fat stores are used during periods of starvation, the breakdown products of DDT are released into the blood where they are toxic to the liver and the nervous system.
http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/archive/ddttech.pdf
NPIC is the National Pesticide Information Center and is a cooperative agreement between Oregon State University and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
The direct DDT exposure toxic effects in humans include developmental abnormalities, reproductive disease, neurological disease, and cancer. The exposure DDT metabolite DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroehtane) also promotes abnormal human health effects such as childhood diabetes and obesity.
https://ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-069X-13-62
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