DDT Saves Children

DDT has been banned in the US for years, but it is the cheapest way to kill mosquitoes which bring deadly malaria to millions in Africa. Here is information you should care about. Powerline:

While the world speculates about the prospect of an avian flu pandemic, in Africa someone-- normally a child -- dies every 30 seconds from malaria. Richard Tren and Philip Coticelli of the health advocacy group Africa Fighting Malaria, show how a combination of environmentalists, United Nations agencies, and big business interests has prevented the use of the chemical that helped eradicate malaria in the U.S. and Europe, and could do so in Africa -- DDT. Tren and Coticelli argue that the adverse environmental effects of spraying DDT over crops have been exaggerated and, in any case, are irrelevant to its use in fighting malaria. Why? Because when used in malaria control DDT is sprayed in tiny quantities on the inside walls of houses. This usage produces no environmental degradation at all.

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