Turns out that that DDT spray we soaked up as kids was actuall a good thing.
see here:
Radical Environmentalism’s Death Campaigns
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3270431/posts
“... Why would Audubon do such a thing? Its own research and Department of the Interior studies showed that bird and animal populations were exploding during the two decades when DDT was used most widely. Countless other studies documented that the life-saving chemical was safe for humans and most wildlife, including bald eagles. People actually tried to kill themselves with DDT – and repeatedly failed. “
It was banned by Nixon’s EPA director William Ruckelshaus in the hopes that world “overpopulation” could be solved by allowing billions to be exposed to malaria and die.
Lyme disease is big here and wondered if DDT would have taken out the deer ticks?