"DDT seemed, initially, like a miraculous savior of human health and crops from harm by insects." DDT saved over 0.5 billion lives before it was banned in the

"DDT seemed, initially, like a miraculous savior of human health and crops from harm by insects." DDT saved over 0.5 billion lives before it was banned in the USA.In India, between 1952 and 1962, DDT caused a decrease in annual malaria cases from 100 million to 60,000. By the late 1970s, no longer able to use imported DDT, the number of cases increased to 6 million. India now synthesises it's own DDT and uses it. It is still made and widely used. Worldwide production was around 5 million tons last year. Penicillin is the only manmade substance that has saved more lives than DDT. DDT is still allowed to be used for indoor residual spraying by the WHO.