[editor-surveyor]

come to the University of Psuedo, and learn psuedo science

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[backhoe]

University of Psuedo

Don't agree, if by this you mean the War on DDT was justified- I'm too busy to go back & get all the links, but IMO DDT was one of the opening shots on beneficial chemicals- like Freon- that certain extremist groups demonized. See this:

Scams, Scalawags, and an all-too-gullible Public...famous frauds sold to America

[headsonpikes]

Protect the endangered 'Pseudo'.

That way I can replace my suede shoes when necessary.

[mafree]

Erf Day Bump- I never knew banning DDT had such serious consequences.

[blackie]

Let's learn the truth...Bump !!

[VOA]

come to the University of Psuedo, and learn psuedo science

Thanks for the ping!

Two of my friends who endured the rough road to the bachelors degree in chemistry
have worked for the EPA for over 10 years.

One of them is probably about what you'd call a section chief.
I'll never forget him telling me that DDT was an excellent, slandered chemical
that did a great job when applied correctly.

Most of the folks at the EPA are certifiable enviro-wackos...but I know two who are sane.

[philman_36]

come to the University of Psuedo, and learn psuedo science
How about some Science News?
As eagerly as some scientists are trying to repel mosquitoes, others are working to attract them (SN: 4/18/92, p. 255). But they too have the bugs' demise in mind--they plan to lure them to their deaths. On Key Island, in the heart of the Florida Everglades' mosquito country, Daniel L. Kline and his colleagues at ARS in Gainesville set up 52 traps that release carbon dioxide, a known mosquito attractant. They also scented the traps with octenol, which has the ever-enchanting aroma of cow's breath. Ruminants breathe out the chemical when they digest grass, and mosquitoes follow the smell to their required meal of mammalian blood.

The Florida scientists laced all their traps with a synthetic pyrethroid insecticide, which kills insects on contact. Since they were set up in 1993, the traps have destroyed billions of salt marsh mosquitoes (Aedes taeniorhynchus), eliminating about 90 percent of the population.
I don't like the little critters myself.

[sistergoldenhair]

Thanks for the ping!

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Earth-Day Ping!!

[Osinski]

I disagree with this and mostly all of the comments on this thread. Thanks for all the updates, but I have little in common with the take on most of the articles. You can take me off your ping list. Thanks.