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Give Us DDT
WSJ ^ | 06.12.07 | SAM ZARAMBA

Posted on 07/04/2007 1:11:29 PM PDT by Coleus

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To: VeniVidiVici
Early on, Darwin was intrigued by the fact that native Africans were more naturally resistant to yellow fever or malaria than whites and it became one of his study objectives, I never read in all his work whether he resolved that curiosity to his liking or not; at that time, colonialism was the mechanism which allowed Darwin’s curiosity a free rein.
21 posted on 07/04/2007 1:57:55 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Farmer Dean
"Or are they waiting for us to just give them some?"

Probably.

The UN has ensured no Aftican country except for South Afica is at all willing to admit they are sovereign. SO they want drugs or money from the evil, rich West, which is not doing enough to keep all the tyrannical regimes afloat by throwing money at the latest fashion in humanitarion problems. Example: how many Christans were left in Darfur before George Clooney noticed there was a problem? Why did Bill Clinton and George Clooney not care while the massacre was going on? And WHY do we have to help NOW, now that the Muslims butchered ALL OF THE CHRISTIANS??

22 posted on 07/04/2007 1:58:00 PM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: stm

That’s the dumbest thing I’ve read here in years.

DDT has never been proved toxic; PCBs are excellent thermal coolants and were never intended to be body paint; Dioxins is a whole class of daughter products (mostly stemming from some form of chlorine, bromine or iodine) that are not understood well by anyone but have become universally feared because the fearful run the scare brigade.


23 posted on 07/04/2007 2:02:00 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer

Post 19 from Farmer Dean is spot on.
Why does not one manufacturing company in Africa make it?
It there a western embargo on any of the raw materials necessary for it. Also, once it is made how does it get to the places where it is needed. There may also be a problem with logistics.


24 posted on 07/04/2007 2:02:20 PM PDT by Maine Mariner
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To: preacher

My college toxicology textbook


25 posted on 07/04/2007 2:04:02 PM PDT by stm (Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
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To: ElkGroveDan

I never said it was, read my post again.


26 posted on 07/04/2007 2:05:32 PM PDT by stm (Fred Thompson in 08! Return our country to the era of Reagan Conservatism)
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To: stm

That says all you need to know; if they actually teach lies and half-truths now, you would be better off apprenticing yourself to a modern-day Gepetto.

Assuming your memory is accurate, please transcribe the pertinent paragraphs supporting your earlier statement.


27 posted on 07/04/2007 2:07:46 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: litehaus

Rachel Carson ranks right up there with Margaret Sanger, Hitler, Stalin and Mao in terms of deathtoll.


28 posted on 07/04/2007 2:09:47 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: stm
DDT a carcinogen???

That's a hot one. What box of Cracker Jacks did you pull that ''science'' from?

You sound like just another junk science wannabee do-gooder, who, not incidentally, is thoroughly racist. The loss of DDT as a pesticide has killed more Africans than any TWO other causes, and by at least 1 order of magnitude.

No problem for you, eh?

29 posted on 07/04/2007 2:10:22 PM PDT by SAJ
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To: stm
DDT, PCB’s and Dioxin are all very similar chemically and are extremely toxic and carcinogenic.

No one else brought up Dioxin, except for you. DDT is not anywhere near as toxic or carcinogenic as Dioxin.

30 posted on 07/04/2007 2:12:47 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (When toilet paper is a luxury, you have achieved communism.)
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To: stm
I thought it was a good post. Why can't France give them DDT? after all they sold illegal weapons to Saddam for years, so what is a bit of insecticide that saves tens of thousands of lives per year to France? Or to Russia, which did the same thing? Or to Germany, which also did the same thing?

Toluene to Saddam disguised as "insecticide" (and it DOES kill insects, and humans and anything else living) or DDT to African countries outright. Choices, choices, huh?

Come to that, why don't African countries build their own DDT plants? Muslims murdered all the educated people? (rhetorical question)

31 posted on 07/04/2007 2:16:25 PM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: cake_crumb

They don’t call it Darkest Africa because the sun doesn’t shine there.It’s the spiritual vacuum,moral depravity,corruption,debasement of human life,willful ignorance,the list goes on and on.


32 posted on 07/04/2007 2:21:44 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (If there's lead in the air,there's hope.)
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To: stm
DDT, PCB’s and Dioxin are all very similar chemically and are extremely toxic and carcinogenic. As if these people don’t have enough health issues (most of their own making), introducing deadly chemicals into their environment is the last thing they need at this point.

Read first then post.

Junk Science's DDT page.

33 posted on 07/04/2007 2:24:00 PM PDT by raybbr (You think it's bad now - wait till the anchor babies start to vote.)
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To: RKV

In another study, humans voluntarily ingested 35 mg of DDT daily for about two years, and were then tracked for several years afterward. Although there was “suggestive evidence of adverse liver effects”, no other adverse effects were observed.[33

The DDT scare is just like the global warming scare. Remember we were all going to die at the millenium too.


34 posted on 07/04/2007 2:24:13 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: Farmer Dean

Ohh there’s plenty of spiritualism there, as long as you bow to Allah. What I would like to know is why the “west” doesn’t give a crap until years after all the Christians have been horribly butchered?


35 posted on 07/04/2007 2:26:24 PM PDT by cake_crumb (May I never live to see the day America has a 'popular war'. God bless our troops.)
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To: Old North State

To another point, the claims that DDT is toxic and carcinogenic have never been proved, the Carson claims remain unsubstantiated.

Right. Had DDT been in use since the early 70's over thirty million people wouldn't have unnecessarily died and a hundred million suffered from malaria. 

DDT is of tremendous value. That it became a doomsday issue or even controversially issue was unnecessary. It created a big deadly problem. A complete waste of time, energy, capital, human resources and human life.

Imagine all that waste instead focused on solving real problems. Same thing for the anthropic global warming hoax. Not just unnecessary but thoroughly counterproductive.

36 posted on 07/04/2007 2:29:55 PM PDT by Zon (Honesty outlives the lie, spin and deception -- It always has -- It always will.)
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To: Farmer Dean

No such thing as a spiritual vacuum. It always get filled. The rest of your post shows with what.


37 posted on 07/04/2007 2:30:46 PM PDT by jwh_Denver (In the Rise and Fall of United States I hope the Fall part is more than one chapter.)
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To: cake_crumb

Because the liberals in power hate Christians and are glad to see them killed anywhere in the world?


38 posted on 07/04/2007 2:35:13 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (If there's lead in the air,there's hope.)
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To: Coleus

DDT, asbestos, global wasming? More of the leftist misuse of science!


39 posted on 07/04/2007 2:36:16 PM PDT by Doctor Don
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To: PeterPrinciple

I’m old enough to remember when the problem was supposed to be global cooling. Anthropogenic global warming is a scam.


40 posted on 07/04/2007 2:56:34 PM PDT by RKV (He who has the guns makes the rules)
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