[neverdem]

I did a double take seeing KRISTOF advocating the use of DDT. What are the liberals getting common sense? Has anyone heard how the Vietnamese pulled off their trick?

[REDWOOD99]

The libs will soon claim that the ban on DDT was orchestrated by Republicans bent on keeping the impoverished 3rd world under US imperialistic domination.

[paulr22043]

NY Times for DDT...Does not make sense to me...Next they will say the election was fair.

[writer33]

Digon, used in Mosquito Districts, works really well on mosquitoes.

[the_Watchman]

Actually, Nader came down on the sane use of DDT, as well.

However, they still won't admit that West Nile is a variant of Malaria hitting the U.S. which should also warrant the consideration of the use of DDT.

[BobL]

It's a trap. He want's Bush to propose it, so the MSM can tar Bush on DDT just as they did on Arsnic.

Actually, Kristof, in my opinion is a pretty decent guy. His web reports are excellent and unbiased (in my opinion), but once he gets on that editorial page, he jumps into the liberal cesspool.

I'm not surprised to see him write the piece, he's been around the world many times and has seen a lot of suffering. But I would warn Bush not to do a thing until the Libs (including Michael Moore and Sierra Club) step up first and call for DDT. It really looks like a trap.

[txhurl]

P.J. O'Rourke pointed out to me the pros & cons of DDT.

To paraphrase, did you want your death quick or slow?

[Mo1]

At Greenpeace, Rick Hind noted reasons to be wary of DDT, but added: "If there's nothing else and it's going to save lives, we're all for it. Nobody's dogmatic about it."

Ummm can we get that in writing ??

Oh and can we get his lawyer buddies to put in writting they won't sue us too??

[MissouriConservative]

bump for later read

[BobL]

...one other comment. If DDT becomes accepted again after this tidal wave, then maybe all those deaths will have some meaning. There are a lot more people ready to be saved by DDT than will wind up dying from the tidal wave.

[farmfriend]

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[cyborg]

If they aren't going to use DDT here, they shouldn't use it anywhere.

[goldstategop]

I'm astonished - now if Nicholas D. Kristof would become a neocon, I might applaud him. DDT is one of the safest chemicals known to mankind. And yes, we should save human lives first. The fewer noxious chemicals that have to be sprayed, the safer its for the environment. Bring back DDT!

[backhoe]

West Nile Virus- Bring Back DDT?

[superskunk]

DDT is probably the single best pesticide I've ever used. Why not bring back? It is effective.

[wildbill]

I felt the earth move when I read this from Kristof of the NYT. When I satisfied myself it wasn't an earthquake, I was amazed at the change in position of some of the environuts.

Perhaps the charges that they prefer human deaths to mosquito control are hitting home.

[logician2u]

Do you think Kristof, the newshound that he is, might have happened across Michael Fumento's piece on the same subject from a week earlier?

Whatever motivated him, it's good to see that at least one "establishment" media type knows the facts about DDT.

[dervish]

Today's environmentalists suffer from the disease of the left, extremism. This is a simple cost benefit analysis even if one believes that DDT is harmful, not a given especially in the new lower but effective doses.

From the Wall Street Journal editorial:

Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas noted the hypocrisy of this position at a subcommittee hearing in October. AID "refuses to support and endorse the use of insecticides," said the Senator, "even when used in small amounts -- much smaller than the mass, airborne spraying that the U.S. implemented to eliminate its own malaria problem decades ago."

DDT works cheap

[Stellar Dendrite]

It's amazing and scary about how many things the press lies about.....I guess it's all about the junk science.