tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post746237364587006410..comments2023-10-03T09:00:22.747-04:00Comments on INSIGHT on Freedom: Deadly Earth, Deadly Humans ... Alan CarubaLongstreethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06712980841544338388noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9871253.post-85863204580827009222010-01-22T13:24:15.534-05:002010-01-22T13:24:15.534-05:00And yet, as this is written, millions die of malar...<i>And yet, as this is written, millions die of malaria in Africa and Asia because some bureaucrat in the Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT.</i><br /><br />That's not accurate. Malaria still kills because DDT wasn't banned in agriculture soon enough, and by 1965 mosquitoes in Africa already showed resistance and immunity to DDT, thereby killing the WHO plan to eradicate malaria. <br /><br />Think about it: How could a ban on spraying DDT on cotton in Texas in 1972, cause Africa to stop using DDT in 1965? How could a ban on DDT in Texas lead to malaria in Africa? You can read a map. You can read a calendar. You know better, if you just think about it.<br /><br />Today, using the integrated pest management championed by Rachel Carson, malaria rates and malaria deaths are lower than they were when DDT use was at its greatest. <br /><br />Kids die in Africa because fools claim DDT is an easy solution to malaria, and so people do not send $10 to Nothing but Nets to save a kid from malaria. <br /><br />Don't join them.<br /><br />Ignorance is slavery. Get the facts.<br /><br />You can start here, at Millard Fillmore's Bathtub:<br /><br />www.timpanogos.wordpress.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com