DDT on ice

International Herald Tribune;  July 2, 2008 ;     246 words ...The New York Times Media Group International Herald Tribune 07-02-2008 DDT on ice Byline: The New York Times Media Group Edition: 1 Section: OPINION More and more, Antarctica, like the Arctic, shows the lasting scars of human negligence...the most persistent and dangerous chemicals ever ...

Malaria/DDT.(Ahead Of The Curve)

The New American;  May 31, 2004 ;     698 words ...ITEM: New York Times editorial writer...World Needs Now Is DDT appeared in the April...2004 issue of The New York Times Magazine. She...merits outrage about DDT is not that South...that the banning of DDT had caused malaria...years before The New York Times Magazine ...

Resurrection of DDT

Indian Journal of Medical Research;  December 1, 2007 ;     435 words ......indirectly conclude that as there is no other alternative, and DDT as on effective pesticide with such diverse actions, is...vectors. Though the Government of India banned the use of DDT in the agriculture sector, but permitted for the control...health importance in the vector management programmes. As ...

DDT CASTS A SPELL ON FOURTH LAKE; ITS USE WAS BANNED IN 1970, BUT IT...

The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  June 30, 2002 ;     700+ words ......with health if not for the DDT contamination, which doesn...in soil, the half-life of DDT - the time required for half...has now been 37 years since New York banned the use of DDT in trout-bearing waterways...In 1962, the trouble with DDT became public. Rachel Carson...vivid ...

DDT may foster breast cancer, study finds. (insecticide)

Science News;  April 24, 1993 ;     577 words ......cancer tend to carry higher residues of DDT in their blood than do women free of...other chlorinated organic chemicals, DDT - and its persistent breakdown product...a lifetime. The United States banned DDT in 1972, but trace levels of the pesticide...in food to this day. U.S. adults with DDT in ...

Taking Steps To Diversify New York's Economy

The Culvert Chronicles;  November 6, 2008 ;     484 words ......attract tourists. That means making sure New York maintains its reputation as the greatest...public art, such as Olafur Eliasson's New York City Waterfalls. During the 16 weeks that the project was on display in New York Harbor, it created a nearly-$70 million...

Breast cancer, DDT tie is cited Pesticide's buildup in tissue is studied

The Boston Globe;  April 21, 1993 ;     543 words ......evidence that exposure to DDT, the banned pesticide, may...Sinai School of Medicine in New York City found the apparent link between DDT and breast cancer when they...fat to store chemicals like DDT, so that women who eat large...consistent with the pattern of DDT accumulation in the ...

Study finds risk of breast cancer does not increase with exposure to...

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  October 29, 1997 ;     700+ words ......exposure to the banned chemicals DDT and PCBs. The study, published...Development Organization in New York City, said: ``We're seeing a...including PCBs and the pesticide DDT, play havoc with the sexual...Wolff of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York and based on 58 cancer cases...women ...

Hooray for DDT's Life-Saving Comeback

Human Events;  October 9, 2006 ;     700+ words ......finance ineffective alternative anti-malaria methods, but not DDT. Within a short time, the mosquitoes and malaria reappeared...skyrocketed. Tens of millions of people have died in that time. DDT advocates pointed out that the ban amounted to mass murder...month, the WHO announced that it supports indoor ...

Report reevaluates aging DDT

Resource;  February 1, 2000 ;     265 words ...Tests that detect old DDT and other pollutants in soil may overestimate the risk to...evaluating toxic cleanup sites. A recent Cornell report describes new tests for bioavailability - the amount of toxins that can...harm." The Cornell study focused on soils contaminated with DDT and its derivatives DDE and ...

Report reevaluates aging DDT.(Brief Article)

Resource: Engineering & Technology for a Sustainable World;  February 1, 2000 ;     253 words ...Tests that detect old DDT and other pollutants in soil may overestimate the risk to...evaluating toxic cleanup sites. A recent Cornell report describes new tests for bio-availability -- the amount of toxins that...harm. The Cornell study focused on soils contaminated with DDT and its derivatives DDE and ...

MAKING A CASE FOR DUSTING OFF DDT

The Boston Globe;  August 28, 2005 ;     700+ words ......within the United States. Other countries continue to use DDT, particularly in tropical coastal regions where malaria remains endemic. DDT fogging helped India reduce malaria cases from 75 million...and Bolivia after 1993, when those countries stopped using DDT. The same year, Ecuador determined to ...

DDT in Africa saves babies' lives, says WHO

The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 17, 2006 ;     390 words ......environmental groups not to oppose the use of the pesticide DDT to fight malaria in Africa, after a significant reversal...Action Network (PAN), which questioned the effect of DDT on young children. DDT is banned in the developed world and the WHO has discouraged...

A darker shade of green United Nations DDT ban is playing with people's...

The Gazette;  April 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......about the topic, if an April 11 New York Times Magazine article is any...What the World Needs Now Is DDT," the essay by Tina Rosenberg...movement -- the United States banned DDT in 1972. "The chemical was once...comment on is the degree to which DDT saved the lives of impoverished...

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

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 27, 2002 ;     663 words ......agreements like the Persistent Organic Pollutants Treaty (yes, DDT is technically organic) and pressure from international...those who die from malaria are children and pregnant women. DDT can save them. According to Roger Bate, as Latin America as a whole stopped using DDT in the '80s and '90s, its ...