May 4th, 2009
U.S. encouraging use of DDT...in other countries
Do as I say, not as I do. That’s the situation with DDT which the American government is subsidizing for use in countries fighting malaria. The DDT is now beign widely used inside homes and other buildings in nations where malaria is a major health hazard.
aAnd now it occurs to some that it might be good to know what this DDT is doing to the people and the environment where it’s being used. Duh.
This is the same DDT that is banned for use in over 160 countries. The same DDtr that was heling drive Brown Pelicans, Bald Eagles and Peregrines toward extinction in North Amwerica. The same DDT that even our chemically dependent US banned…in 1972.
There’s no manufacturing of DDT in the U.S. anymore, but one of our old plants was dismantled and moved to Indonesia where it still cranks out potent DDT. Now the only countries still making DDT are China, India and North Korea. Production appears to be on the increase. What’s needed? A greentech way to deal with malarial mosquitoes. How about little flying nano-copters that shoot them out of the sky.
A newsman since 1969, Harry Fuller has worked for CBS, ABC, CNBC Europe, CNET and was founding news director at TechTV. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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