Rachel Carson is the greatest mass murder of all times. Stalin and Chengis Khan are probably sort of tied at second with about a third of Rachel's numbers and Hitler is a very poor third.
But what about the birds that might be harmed? A bird is certainly valuable, isn't it?
The failure to use DDT, among other things, is a criminal misuse of science.
Good article.Yrs ago the msm claimed DDT was responsible for everything from environmental destruction to birth defects.Of course that was a "simpler" time when i was inclined to believe what the taliking heads on the evening news told me.Is it safe?Any ideas?
Environmental Wackos are responsible for each of these deaths.
Why not just use mosquito netting?
Funny how malaria was almost completely eradicated in the United States BEFORE the introduction of DDT, and did not return after DDT was banned. Sorry, but Africa's health problems have very deep roots, and DDT will make very little difference. Fewer people will die of malaria, but they'll just die prematurely of something else instead.
Malaria by itself is rarely fatal. It's the combination of malaria and other diseases and malnutrition that makes it so frequently fatal in Africa. A malnourished baby with AIDS is likely to die from malaria, but the alternative is survive just long enough to transmit AIDS to other adults or their own babies, and then die. I had malaria twice as a preschooler living in Rwanda, while my father worked at the US Embassy there. I'm none the worse for wear, and didn't get any medical treatment that wasn't locally available (unlike my tonsillectomy, which required flying out to Germany).
Conservatives shouldn't be so hasty to embrace knee-jerk reactions to anything leftists oppose. Just because leftists greatly exaggerate the harmful effects of DDT on wildlife, doesn't mean that we should eagerly support having our tax dollars poured down yet another bottomless pit in the name of "helping Africa".
Mite find something else to spray,,"In The House" !!