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DDT use was restricted and then banned in most western countries in the '60s and '70s, and even in countries where it is still legal, it is only used as a health measure to control the mosquitoes that spread [[malaria]]. Only [[China]] and [[India]] still manufacture it. | DDT use was restricted and then banned in most western countries in the '60s and '70s, and even in countries where it is still legal, it is only used as a health measure to control the mosquitoes that spread [[malaria]]. Only [[China]] and [[India]] still manufacture it. | ||
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==DDT deniers== | ==DDT deniers== | ||
Revision as of 02:06, 6 November 2011
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is a powerful insecticide with a controversial history. It is an extremely stable and resistant chemical: the discoverer found that jars that had had DDT in them and were subsequently autoclaved[1] still had enough DDT residue in them to kill insects. A little goes a long way.
DDT use was restricted and then banned in most western countries in the '60s and '70s, and even in countries where it is still legal, it is only used as a health measure to control the mosquitoes that spread malaria. Only China and India still manufacture it.
It is an occasional wingnut (or corporate shill) talking point that the bans on DDT have killed millions of people due to them getting malaria or some other disease from mosquitoes (Lee Doren, also known by the name of his YouTube channel, "HowTheWorldWorks", is an example). This ignores the fact that places with deadly mosquito-borne illnesses are allowed to use DDT.[2]
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DDT deniers
- Brian Dunning's DDT Skeptoid episode
- Michael Fumento
- Steve Milloy
See also
External links
- DDT: An Introduction, Duke University
- DDT profile, EPA
- DDT and Attacks on Rachel Carson, Cliffs Notes version, Bug Girl
- Deltoid DDT category and DDT ban myth bingo
- Ed Darrell DDT category
- Bate and Switch: How a Free Market Magician Manipulated Two Decades of Environmental Science, Stories That Matter
Footnotes
- ↑ Brought up to a very high pressure and temperature in a specially designed device, the autoclave, and left to react.
- ↑ http://www.panna.org/issues/persistent-poisons/the-ddt-story