Let's give William Ruckelshaus his due, as well. See the malaria/DDT links on my profile page.
Tomorrow I'll post Frank Notestein's 1944 demographics paper for the Milbank Memorial Fund. It's quite simple to depopulate an area: increase the death rate, decrease the birth rate, outmigrate people, or any combination thereof. It's truly amazing the outrageous propaganda that people are willing to believe [and hello! to lurking DUers]. I'll ping you both when I post it.