My late father, born 1927, succumbed to Parkinson’s in 2007.
He was an avid DDT proponent in the 1960s before it was shut down. Had a hired sprayer come in and cover the backyard and wooded area in CT on a 1-acre parcel. To this date, don’t know whether DDT is this kind of pesticide. I would be skeptical about any online research I do today.
There was a scientist that often took spoonfuls of DDT, to show it was harmless.
It's sad we're lied to so much that we can't trust anything anymore. An authority pretending to know more than they really do is the most popular lie, and causes the most damage.
AI and robots have a bright future. AI will be a tool to challenge all the lies we don't have the time and resources to do ourselves. Robots can replace disease prone field farmworkers, and reduce spiraling social costs. Further, robots (some with laser beams mounted on their heads) could replace most chemicals used in insect and weed control. Farming will look very different 50 years from now.