Sure - just like mercury, it accumulates up the chain. Just to be clear, I'm certainly not arguing that DDT is an end-all for all our pest problems. Again, I'm

Sure - just like mercury, it accumulates up the chain. Just to be clear, I'm certainly not arguing that DDT is an end-all for all our pest problems. Again, I'm not a scientist. I'm just saying it has an interesting history! Nowadays, I think the modern approach is to treat it as another tool in our toolbox against malaria. This is a good article that discusses that: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/04/AR2005060400130.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06...