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This article is bullshit. DDT was never widely banned for anti-Malaria use, only for agriculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane#
by djmdjm 10y ago
This article is bullshit. DDT was never widely banned for anti-Malaria use, only for agriculture: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane#Restrictions_on_usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethan...
In fact, the restrictions on agricultural use substantially prolonged and improved DDT value for Malaria control by reducing the rate at which mosquitoes evolved resistance.
- candiodari 10y agoGiven the net effects of the ban, it might as well have been that.