[DBrow]

There are pesticides effective in controlling cockroaches. We could bring back DDT and Chlordane for a few years, to contain infection.

We used to use DDT to control mosquitoes in malaria areas- saving millions. With the ban, malaria deaths are up and are still rising. Now we have another insect spread killer, apparently.

Will the fear of SARS override the environmentalist's decrees?

(Hint- how many times did Gore speak of the need to control global population?)

[Risa]

>>We used to use DDT to control mosquitoes in malaria areas- saving millions. With the ban, malaria deaths are up and are still rising. Now we have another insect spread killer, apparently.<<

The article didn't seem to provide much evidence for the virus being spread by cockroaches --seems more like speculation.

Also, cockroaches can be managed by good integrated pest management techniques, while indiscriminately poisoning them just leads to new, resistant strains.

risa

[Ronin]

Will the fear of SARS override the environmentalist's decrees?

You're kidding, right?

Hell, the environmentalists will be cheering for the cockroaches. As long as they, personally, don't get offed, the average environmentalist has no problems with any disease that kills humans.

Haven't you heard? We are the plague that threatens the "biosphere". We are the source of all that is evil in the universe.

The tree-huggers would rather we all died than resort to nasty chemicals like DDT.