- Mar 11, 2000
- 23,606
- 1,017
- 126
:QOriginally posted by: 91TTZ
My dad said that when he was growing up, kids would follow the mosquito trucks around as they pumped out DDT fog. The kids thought it was fun since they were riding their bikes through the smoke.
In high doses, yes it is.Originally posted by: BrownTown
You do know DDT isn't poisionous to human right?
Originally posted by: Eug
In high doses, yes it is.Originally posted by: BrownTown
You do know DDT isn't poisionous to human right?
It's like some other pesticides: It can be used somewhat safely (for humans), but you don't really want to go around rubbing it all over your dog or your skin regularly.
Originally posted by: OS
DDT kills bald eagles
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: OS
DDT kills bald eagles
You need to read the FAQ I posted.
That of course is a very biased "FAQ".Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html
Banning DDT was not only totally unnecessary, it was genocide.
http://www.junkscience.com/malaria_clock.html
Originally posted by: Eug
That of course is a very biased "FAQ".Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html
Banning DDT was not only totally unnecessary, it was genocide.
http://www.junkscience.com/malaria_clock.html
There are legitimate concerns to using DDT willy nilly. Like all pesticides, DDT needed better controls than it had at the time.
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Eug
That of course is a very biased "FAQ".Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html
Banning DDT was not only totally unnecessary, it was genocide.
http://www.junkscience.com/malaria_clock.html
There are legitimate concerns to using DDT willy nilly. Like all pesticides, DDT needed better controls than it had at the time.
The FAQ is completely referenced and valid.
And I will agree that a little more discression was needed, however a complete ban was, in effect genocide. It has cost the lives of millions of people who did not need to die.
Originally posted by: OS
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Eug
That of course is a very biased "FAQ".Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html
Banning DDT was not only totally unnecessary, it was genocide.
http://www.junkscience.com/malaria_clock.html
There are legitimate concerns to using DDT willy nilly. Like all pesticides, DDT needed better controls than it had at the time.
The FAQ is completely referenced and valid.
And I will agree that a little more discression was needed, however a complete ban was, in effect genocide. It has cost the lives of millions of people who did not need to die.
the genocide aspect is probably hyperbole, the mosquitoes would likely have developed resitance to DDT.
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: OS
Originally posted by: Amused
Originally posted by: Eug
That of course is a very biased "FAQ".Originally posted by: Amused
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html
Banning DDT was not only totally unnecessary, it was genocide.
http://www.junkscience.com/malaria_clock.html
There are legitimate concerns to using DDT willy nilly. Like all pesticides, DDT needed better controls than it had at the time.
The FAQ is completely referenced and valid.
And I will agree that a little more discression was needed, however a complete ban was, in effect genocide. It has cost the lives of millions of people who did not need to die.
the genocide aspect is probably hyperbole, the mosquitoes would likely have developed resitance to DDT.
I've seen that argument, and it doesn't hold water. They hadn't in the over 20 years it was in use.
Referenced does not mean completely unbiased.Originally posted by: Amused
The FAQ is completely referenced and valid.
Genocide is hyperbole.And I will agree that a little more discression was needed, however a complete ban was, in effect genocide. It has cost the lives of millions of people who did not need to die.
Originally posted by: OS
DDT kills bald eagles
Originally posted by: Vic
2 million children die from malaria every year in Africa because DDT is "banned" (it's not banned in the literal sense, although it is arguably in the actual sense). There is no hyperbole in that.
Not nearly so much as Asia is. And Africa's population density is almost a third that of Europe's.Originally posted by: ElFenix
and africa is still overpopulated...Originally posted by: Vic
2 million children die from malaria every year in Africa because DDT is "banned" (it's not banned in the literal sense, although it is arguably in the actual sense). There is no hyperbole in that.