DDT benefits outweigh environmental harm

News Sun, The (Waukegan, IL);  April 25, 2001 ;     700+ words ......were 2.8 million malaria cases in 1948 in Sri Lanka, but thanks to DDT there were only...world into thinking DDT is the plague in...some 300 million malaria cases worldwide, most...their number of malaria cases. But apparently...worldwide ban on DDT and several ...

DDT Ban Continues to Kill People

Human Events;  July 19, 2004 ;     622 words ......were 2.8-million malaria cases and 7,300 malaria...With widespread DDT use, malaria cases fell to 17 and...in 1963. After DDT use was discontinued, Sri Lankan malaria cases rose to 2.5 million...the number of malaria cases in KwaZuluNatal...deaths. ...

DDT saves millions of lives, and ban is immoral

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 8, 2004 ;     596 words ......were 2.8 million malaria cases and 7,300 malaria...With widespread DDT use, malaria cases fell to 17 and...in 1963. After DDT use was discontinued, Sri Lankan malaria cases rose to 2.5 million...the number of malaria cases in KwaZulu-Natal...deaths. ...

Environmentalist hysteria should be banned--not DDT Thanks to Rachel...

Chicago Sun-Times;  June 29, 2003 ;     700 words ......Carson's hysteria. And because DDT has become so politically...n't or can't use it anymore. DDT probably did cause some environmental...birds of prey. But, wow, what DDT did to help the human race...declined so substantially when DDT was widely used to combat...Lanka in 1948, but because of ...

DDT FEAR COULD PLAGUE WORLD'S POOR.(Editorial)(Column)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 27, 2002 ;     663 words ......start of its DDT-spraying program...Lanka cut its malaria cases from 3 million...spraying. By 1969, malaria cases had jumped from...Meanwhile, DDT hysteria in...stopped using DDT in the '80s and '90s, its malaria cases soared, while...

DDT can save lives now.(LETTERS)

The Washington Times;  January 23, 2005 ;     317 words ......inexplicable that DDT is not being used...In many quarters, DDT is considered more...With widespread DDT use, malaria cases fell to 17 in 1963...After discontinuing DDT use, malaria cases once again reached...continuing ban on DDT use. According ...

MAKING A CASE FOR DUSTING OFF DDT

The Boston Globe;  August 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ......the EPA banned all use of DDT within the United States. Other countries continue to use DDT, particularly in tropical...malaria remains endemic. DDT fogging helped India reduce malaria cases from 75 million in 1951 to...those countries stopped using DDT. The same year, Ecuador ...

Resurrection of DDT : need for caution/Authors' Response

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  December 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Protection Agency (EPA) has listed DDT as a "probable human carcinogen...for such a resurrection of DDT. It seems to imply either...today is as potential as DDT. This resurrection might...of 10,000 metric tones of DDT per annum for me control...of the dramatic decline of malaria ...

HEALTH-LATIN AMERICA: MUCH-MALIGNED DDT STILL HAS SUPPORTERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  May 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......will be many years before DDT is completely eliminated...total of 7,500 tonnes of DDT are sprayed on the interior...several countries consider DDT their best weapon against...wants to be able to utilise DDT "at least in the next few...nation, which reported 52,000 malaria cases in ...

Profile: DDT still used in South Africa in its fight against mosquitoes...

NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday;  May 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ......to spray houses with DDT, the number of malaria cases and deaths dropped...Africa stopped using DDT for malaria control in 1996, malaria cases climbed steadily. They...spraying houses with DDT, and malaria cases plummeted to pre-1997...

Technological genocide; Canada's anti-DDT drive could contribute to the...

The Report Newsmagazine;  July 22, 2002 ;     700+ words ......including the pesticide DDT. Yet, even as the federal...evidence is mounting that DDT does not threaten either...use reduced the number of malaria cases worldwide from 75 million...book Silent Spring alleged DDT caused cancer and threatened...average human daily exposure to DDT, ...

Experts advocate for indoor DDT use in Uganda to fight malaria

Xinhua News Agency;  December 1, 2006 ;     316 words ......to indoor spraying of the DDT in the fight against malaria...government, to use the spraying of DDT given the low rate of insecticide-treat...residual spraying (IRS) with DDT was the best option. "If the ITN coverage is low, DDT residual spraying is a good...three day course here, citing ...

DDT beats malaria.(News)

Pretoria News (South Africa);  June 16, 2006 ;     120 words ...South Africa's massive drop in malaria cases and deaths over the past five...controversial use of the insecticide DDT, says Health Minister Dr Manto...South Africa had stopped using DDT in 1996 because of international...necessitating the re-introduction of DDT in 2000. DDT is used ...

Afghanistan sees sharp reduction in malaria cases, says health ministry

Xinhua News Agency;  April 24, 2008 ;     297 words ...Afghanistan sees sharp reduction in malaria cases, says health ministry KABUL, April...country has seen a sharp reduction in malaria cases during the past five years, the Afghan...Plasmodium Falciparum and Plasmodium Vivax malaria cases, respectively, in Afghanistan between...

Zambia wants to reduce number of malaria cases by 15 pct by 2011

Xinhua News Agency;  April 13, 2007 ;     137 words ...Zambia wants to reduce number of malaria cases by 15 pct by 2011 LUSAKA, April 12...the past three years the number of malaria cases in Zambia have drastically fallen by...million cases of malaria annually. The malaria cases account for 45 percent of all out patients...