I'm not going to argue with you, but I suggest you read the links more carefully and ask- are one to two million
preventable deaths ( in mostly poor, third-world countries ) really worth a avoiding a theoretical risk?
DDT is one of the safest insecticides known. Most of the newer ones are analogs of nerve gas agents, and correspondingly more poisonous to humans. I've seen people literally plastered with powdered DDT without ill effects.
DDT is one of the safest insecticides known.It has been suggested that flawed studies resulted in the ban.
Even if the studies were accurate, additional consideration should be afforded public health concerns.
Most certainly, bring it back!
Your reply #3 says: most of the newer insecticides are analogs of nerve gas agents...This is very interesting because two times I have used insect spray with DEET in them and both times it felt like there was something wrong with the nerves in my body. This feeling lasted a week each time. Anybody else have trouble with DEET?