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Exactly.
Killing People - The banning of DDT and radical environmentalists
Activists in the environmentalist movement have a callous disregard for people. You say, “What do you mean, Williams? We can’t think of a more caring people.” First, I’m not talking about sensible people who’re concerned about clean air and water. I’m talking about the movement leaders and the politicians they have under their thumbs. Let’s look at it.
The New York Green Party, said in its opposition to pesticide spraying to halt the spread of West Nile disease, “These diseases only kill the old and people whose health is already poor.” In East Meadow and Hempstead, New York, local officials, following the advice of environmental activists, decided not to spray. Nassau County’s Health Commissioner said, “We believe the risk of infection for residents remains quite low.” Two county residents became infected with West Nile disease and died. Environment activist Lynn Landes says, “West Nile may be a nasty experience for a very few, fatal for an exceedingly rare number, but as diseases go it’s no big deal.” According to the most recent Centers for Disease Control statistics, 2,530 Americans have been infected with West Nile disease and 125 died, but to environmentalists that’s “no big deal.”
http://citizenreviewonline.org/march2005/21/killing.htm
Growing up in Houston we children breathed in DDT by running and bicycling behind the “smoke” trucks, staying in the smoke for blocks until our little legs gave out and our lungs couldn’t catch up to demand.
I think this was weekly, and was one of our fondest activities, we loved those “smoke” trucks that would slowly drive down the streets blanketing the neighborhood in an impenetrable smoke screen.