Instapundit has a wonderful link. This is a subject that needs to be proclaimed from the rooftops. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring has caused hundreds of thousands millions of people to die from malaria by being instrumental in having the amazingly safe & effective DDT banned.
Also, another villain is the EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus who in 1972 didn't bother reading his agency's own report recommending continuing DDT, and banned it except for emergencies.
The World Health Organization, an offshoot of the UN, in 2006 said DDT could be used indoors to combat malaria, with little noticeable effect in the West.
And when bedbugs become as prevalent as they were in this country in the late 1930s and early 1940s--a third to forty percent of homes were infested!--then the clamor will deafen the greenie-weenies.
Also, another villain is the EPA administrator William Ruckelshaus who in 1972 didn't bother reading his agency's own report recommending continuing DDT, and banned it except for emergencies.
The World Health Organization, an offshoot of the UN, in 2006 said DDT could be used indoors to combat malaria, with little noticeable effect in the West.
And when bedbugs become as prevalent as they were in this country in the late 1930s and early 1940s--a third to forty percent of homes were infested!--then the clamor will deafen the greenie-weenies.
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