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  • WHO calls for more DDT use vs. malaria

    09/15/2006 8:17:07 AM PDT · by driftdiver · 33 replies · 945+ views
    AP ^ | Sept 15, 2006 | LAURAN NEERGAARD
    WASHINGTON - The World Health Organization on Friday called on more developing countries, particularly in Africa, to begin spraying the controversial pesticide DDT to fight malaria The difference: DDT, longed banned in the United States because of environmental damage, is no longer sprayed outdoors. Instead it's used to coat the inside walls of mud huts or other dwellings and kill mosquitoes waiting to bite families as they sleep. A small number of malaria-plagued countries already use DDT, backed by a 2001 United Nations treaty that set out strict rules to prevent environmental contamination. But the influential WHO's long-awaited announcement makes...