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DDT was a fantastic invention for combating malaria. Great invention, terrible application thereof.

• jasonkester 16y ago
  Especially in light of a.) the zillions of Chinese farmers who died from replacement insecticides that were actually bad for you right now, as opposed to in 20 years. b.) the return of Malaria as a disease that kills tens or hundreds of thousands each year, from its state of "not really an issue anymore" in the DDT era.