Is the Use of DDT Moral?

I am a firm believer that some of the pesticides in use here in the “indutialized” world are as or more harmful than DDT. Particularly in mosquito-prone areas, DDT still would make an excellent weapon.

A typical enviro-nut response. I believe that mankind was given dominion. Genesis 1:26-28. Should we exercise that dominion with a sense of responsibility? Sure But I do not believe that we were given dominion to then place a higher priority on the bugs, fish, and other critters than to mankind.

"However, the REST of Africa and many other parts of the world where the malaria-carrying mosquito lives has NOT been able to use DDT due to the banning and the refusal of the countries that could have MADE it to sell DDT to the countries most in need of it."

1 - DDT is manufactured and available on the market.

2 - DDT has never been subject to an international ban for the prevention of malaria in the tropics. It is its broader application specifically in agriculture that was banned.

"This has been documented well over the decades..."

It has been well propagandized by a few

"Just as man-made global warming can ALSO be laid at the door of power-hungry politicians and their “green” supporters."

I'm not even sure where you are going with this except to vent a little.

So a quick question. Why is it that in all the areas of the world that malaria has been eradicated and successfully prevented from reemerging, including the U.S., DDT plays no part in a mosquito control program?

It is easy to think of people as resource/wealth depleters and not wealth generators, but that is fallacious. As someone who has spent several years in Africa, I have seen, firsthand, the effects of malaria on the finances of African friends.

Whether malaria takes the family breadwinners or dependents, it is ruinous to the family-especially in African culture. When you are busy paying exorbitant medical and funeral bills, you have no capital left to provide food and shelter to your existing family. This leaves everyone in the family more vulnerable to whatever disease comes along, be it Malaria, AIDS, typhoid or cholera. Obviously no development or capital wealth can develop in the country.

The “effect” of no DDT in Africa (as well as corrupt regimes) is that there are fewer bright, energetic, hopeful Africans available to develop their natural resources and provide food and shelter. There are still an abundance of natural resources in Africa which sit unused alongside the graves of malaria victims.

Wrong question...
Was the banning of DDT moral?

Check the records and you will find the real reason for the ban was eugenics.
Third world population control.

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