AudioBanter.com - View Single Post

wrote:

"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
...

wrote:

DDT is the most effective mosquitio repellant there is and because it was
banned some 1 million people a year die from malaria, when the facts are
that when used properly it is very safe and that the hysteria surrounding
it
are plain B.S.

God you're stupid.

The damn mosquitoes evolved - yes evolved - so they weren't affected by
it.

In the same way that some of the most popular anti-malarials are no longer
effective !

Graham

Sorry to diagree with you, but there are still people

What kind of ppl ?

saying that DDT is
effective and there was a report on ABC a few weeks ago that had that notion
confirmed by some functionary of the U.S. government as she explained why we
won't make the stuff to be sold in countries where it would be useful.

Considering it didn't work the first time there was an attempt to eradicate
malaria this way, I fail to see the point of repeating the exercise other than
to put additional profits in the bank accounts of the manufacturers.

If it worked I'd expect it to be used in India. They don't worry too much about
licenses, yet it's not used there.

Graham