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DDT is still sprayed today, indoors, in Africa and Asia to control for mosquitos, including in India. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S254251
by CGMthrowaway 10mo ago
DDT is still sprayed today, indoors, in Africa and Asia to control for mosquitos, including in India.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542519625001615 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S254251962...
- user_7832 10mo agoAs an Indian... I had no idea. I've seen fumigation a lot right from childhood (kids used to run after the fumigation man to inhale that fog), with that sweetish smell it had. Of course it's possible it was pyrethroids... not like they don't cause allergic reactions either haha welp
- frontfor 10mo agoTo clarify, it's not "Africa and Asia". Only India, South Africa, and Zimbabwe are still using DDT actively.
- throwaway290 10mo agoThe paper says a bunch of countries don't use DDT for malaria control but it doesn't say if they still use DDT in agriculture. They used to use it for pest control growing coffee
- marsven_422 10mo agoThe DDT scare was a hoax
- CGMthrowaway 10mo agoFunny, the bald eagle populations beg to differ and there is a whole other group of people who say polio was a hoax driven by DDT (both sides are probably crazy)