[MeekOneGOP]

I posted an article on Texans infected with the West Nile Virus and the subject of DDT came up. I thought I'd seen an article or post about it here on FR, but didn't find it. So I found this via Google Search and thought some of you might be interested in seeing this.

It looks like the EnviroNazis have been whacking away for a while, huh?

[MeekOneGOP]

Any thought about this, folks?

[MeekOneGOP]

DDT and Chemophobia - Could DDT help
with the West Nile Virus outbreak?

Excerpt:

Environmentalists charge that DDT is dangerous to humans and animals, but the first study to find an elevated risk of breast cancer from exposure to DDT "has now failed to be replicated at least eight times," with some studies even finding "significantly" reduced risk Ð and there were similar findings for "multiple myeloma, hepatic cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma" (Attaran et al. 2000, 731, 730). Amir Attaran, who was one of the leaders in the successful effort to prevent the total banning of DDT for disease (malaria) vector control, added that although "hundreds of millions (and perhaps billions) of people have been exposed to elevated concentrations of DDT...the literature does not contain even one peer-reviewed, independently replicated study linking DDT exposure to any adverse health outcome" (Attaran and Maharaj 2000).

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It was in the early days of the modern anti-chemical hysteria that DDT became a target for activists, leading to the ban. In their zeal for what they imagined to be chemical-free purity, they ignored the real costs and benefits of the ban. It is interesting to note that the December 31, 1972 EPA press release titled "DDT Ban Takes Effect," which decreed that the "general use of the pesticide DDT will no longer be legal in the United States after today," also conceded the enormous benefit to human health from the use of DDT. DDT was developed as the first of the modern insecticides early in World War II. It was initially used with great effect to combat malaria, typhus, and the other insect-borne human diseases among both military and civilian populations.

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[TBall]

Maybe John Stossel can do a story on this.

[MeekOneGOP]

DDT and Chemophobia - Could DDT help
with the West Nile Virus outbreak?

Excerpt:

Environmentalists charge that DDT is dangerous to humans and animals, but the first study to find an elevated risk of breast cancer from exposure to DDT "has now failed to be replicated at least eight times," with some studies even finding "significantly" reduced risk Ð and there were similar findings for "multiple myeloma, hepatic cancer, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma" (Attaran et al. 2000, 731, 730). Amir Attaran, who was one of the leaders in the successful effort to prevent the total banning of DDT for disease (malaria) vector control, added that although "hundreds of millions (and perhaps billions) of people have been exposed to elevated concentrations of DDT...the literature does not contain even one peer-reviewed, independently replicated study linking DDT exposure to any adverse health outcome" (Attaran and Maharaj 2000).

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It was in the early days of the modern anti-chemical hysteria that DDT became a target for activists, leading to the ban. In their zeal for what they imagined to be chemical-free purity, they ignored the real costs and benefits of the ban. It is interesting to note that the December 31, 1972 EPA press release titled "DDT Ban Takes Effect," which decreed that the "general use of the pesticide DDT will no longer be legal in the United States after today," also conceded the enormous benefit to human health from the use of DDT. DDT was developed as the first of the modern insecticides early in World War II. It was initially used with great effect to combat malaria, typhus, and the other insect-borne human diseases among both military and civilian populations.

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[AdamSelene235]

So have the self-proclaimed Environmentalists surpassed Nazi Germany in death toll?

Oh wait, I forgot, its HIV that's killing Africans.

[DrDavid]

The term "chemicals" has become a code word for all that is wrong with modern life.

Everything in the world is made out of chemicals! This includes air, food, water, dirt, plants and animals!

[StriperSniper]

It all started here:
(Very long but great.)

[toenail]

There are some DDT/malaria links on my profile page.

[IVote2]

I've been wondering about DDT myself, particularly since the mosquitos have been out in force here in Austin because of the rains. I recall when DDT was banned, it was supposed to kill birds, wreak devastion upon everything it touched (including bugs) etc. etc. etc. Yet, it was effective and as this article points out, the study was not convincing as we look back.

I sincerly doubt that we will see a return of a common sense approach to killing these pests with DDT will happen until we have such a horrible epidemic of something that there will be no alternative left.

One reason I believe this is because of a radio show I heard the other day on the local station. Someone was having a fit because spraying for mosquitos in San Marcos, would effect her organic garden. Yes, it would, but perhaps it might stop deadly illnesses from happening as well.

The environmentalists and their followers will never EVER allow the use of this pesticide without a fight. Look at the forest fires and deaths that have been caused by their stupidity. Do we see any apologies or rethinking of their views about clearing out brush?

Jen

[Nov3]

Though I don't think we should be selling chlordane to spray on azaleas I think it was plain stupidity to ban it from use as a termiticide. UTTER STUPIDITY.

[backhoe]

Feel free to copy or retransmit:

DDT is safe: just ask the professor who ate it for 40 ...
... DDT is safe: just ask the professor who ate it for 40 years Culture/Society Editorial
Editorial Source: The Telegraph (UK) Published: 07/19/2001 Author ...

Banning DDT to control global population [Free Republic]
... Banning DDT to control global population Government Front Page News Source: ECO-LOGIC
-----ON-LINE---- Published: Jan/15/2001 Author: Paul K. Driessen Posted ...

Bring back DDT [Free Republic]
... Bring back DDT Culture/Society Editorial Source: Jewish World Review Published: April
24 2001 Author: Betsy Hart Posted on 04/24/2001 06:02:38 PDT by SJackson. ...

Audubon's Fly-by-Night Pesticide Campaign [Free Republic]
... 30 years after its successful — but untruthful — campaign against the insecticide
DDT, the Audubon Society is targeting lawn chemicals used to control grubs ...

CENTER NAMES TEN TOP SCARE CAMPAIGNS THREATENING [Free ...
... The Banning of DDT is first on the list of the Center’s Chicken Little Awards, largely
due to the alarmist, false writings of Rachel Carson. "The sole purpose ...

Killing Mosquitoes Or Killing Humans? [Free Republic]
... long since been proven wrong. By way of just one example, she claimed that DDT spraying
could wipe out the US robin population. Instead, it actually increased ...

Billions Served (benefits of biotechnology the Greens won't ...
... Of course. This is a negative effect. We always have this. Take the case of DDT.
When it was banned here in the US and the European countries, I testified ...

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

Bring Back DDT, and Save Lives from the Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2000.

Bring back DDT, Jewish World Review, April 24, 2001.