Posted on 09/15/2006 8:17:07 AM PDT by driftdiver
WASHINGTON - The World Health Organization on Friday called on more developing countries, particularly in Africa, to begin spraying the controversial pesticide DDT to fight malaria
The difference: DDT, longed banned in the United States because of environmental damage, is no longer sprayed outdoors. Instead it's used to coat the inside walls of mud huts or other dwellings and kill mosquitoes waiting to bite families as they sleep.
A small number of malaria-plagued countries already use DDT, backed by a 2001 United Nations treaty that set out strict rules to prevent environmental contamination. But the influential WHO's long-awaited announcement makes clear that it will push indoor spraying with a number of insecticides — and that DDT will be a top choice because when used properly it's safe, effective and cheap.
"We must take a position based on the science and the data," said Dr. Arata Kochi, the WHO's malaria chief. "One of the best tools we have against malaria is indoor residual house spraying. Of the dozen insecticides WHO has approved as safe for house spraying, the most effective is DDT."
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I can tell you that DDT is not a carcinogen and did not cause birds to die and should never have been banned. I can tell you that the people who banned it knew that it wasn't carcinogenic and banned it anyway. I can tell you that the DDT ban has caused the deaths of tens of millions of poor people, mostly children, whose deaths are directly attributable to a callous, technologically advanced western society that promoted the new cause of environmentalism by pushing a fantasy about a pesticide, and thus irrevocably harmed the third world. Banning DDT is one of the most disgraceful episodes in the twentieth century history of America. We knew better, and we did it anyway, and we let people around the world die and didn't give a damn.
Michael Crichton
Exactly! One million unnecessary deaths later...
Do it!
THREE to FIVE million children ( the large majority with dark skins) die each year from malaria because they won't use DDT. Think about it.
Do you have a link for this?
"Exactly! One million unnecessary deaths later"
A LOT more than 1 million people have died due to mosquito related diseases since DDT was banned.
From what I've read the total is in the range of 4-5 million people per year.
"THREE to FIVE million children ( the large majority with dark skins) die each year from malaria because they won't use DDT. Think about it."
I have thought about it. Thats why I posted the story and why I'm amazed the UN supported this.
Ok, I give up. Who calls for more DDT?
Sorry about that, I coulda swore I put the link in when I posted.
Links below:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060915/ap_on_he_me/malaria_ddt;_ylt=AorFufvaB11.Cj3yHPEWIYus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3czJjNGZoBHNlYwM3NTE-
thanks
Controversial only because the environazis made it so.
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm
no, no, no
Who is in China.
Very true, my Ethiopian co-worker can attest to this... We have flu season, they have malaria season, though not many of us die, but a helluva lot of them die...
Whats in China?
Environmentalists are responsible for the 2,000,000 preventable deaths each year due to malaria. DDT would have eradicated it from Africa years ago had it not been for the Enviro-wackos.
This seems appropiate.
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/jokes/bljokebushwhosonfirst.htm
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