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To: GreenFreeper

I thought DDT was banned (I have no dog in this fight)...it's not banned?


15 posted on 03/08/2006 8:36:09 AM PST by Tulane
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To: Tulane

It's banned for agricultural use. Even in the US it can be used to control malaria but it's pretty much been eradicated so there is no use.


17 posted on 03/08/2006 8:38:39 AM PST by GreenFreeper (Not blind opposition to progress, but opposition to blind progress)
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To: Tulane

Rachel Carson played a HUGE role in banning DDT, thus causing untold deaths due to malaria and other diseases.


18 posted on 03/08/2006 8:39:15 AM PST by SmithL (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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