Progress!

Sep 19, 2006 07:53

According to the WSJ, the WHO is actually going to allow and encourage use of DDT in Africa to help fight Malaria! Yay for science and humanity triumphing over scaremongering!

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sdfjklkjfdsa September 19 2006, 16:34:27 UTC
I really think people should use 'fearmongering' instead of 'scaremongering.'

What is the plan for the DDT use? How often, how much, etc.?

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sdfjklkjfdsa September 19 2006, 17:01:23 UTC
Ah...indoor use...http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr50/en/index.html

I wondered this, because DDT has been proven to harm raptor eggshell thicknesses if DDE (a breakdown product of DDT) levels are above 1-3 ppm in the parent diet.

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