WHO Guidelines May Increase DDT Use

AP Online;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......countries already using DDT. The push is for more indoor spraying with a number of...insecticides - including DDT as a safe, effective...the best use of" indoor spraying, the document says...stigmatizing the use of DDT, now they're promoting...insecticides and DDT not ...

WHO May Allow More DDT to Fight Malaria

AP Online;  September 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ......more strongly for indoor spraying with a number of insecticides- including DDT as a safe, effective...the best use of" indoor spraying, the document says...stigmatizing the use of DDT, now they're promoting...insecticides and DDT not in a willy-nilly...scientists cautioned, is ...

WHO Calls for More DDT Use Vs. Malaria

AP Online;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......countries already use DDT, backed by a 2001...that it will push indoor spraying with a number of...insecticides - and that DDT will be a top choice...from malaria. "Indoor spraying is like providing...anti-malaria programs. DDT is easily history...insecticides and DDT ...

WHO Urges Use of DDT in Africa; Call for Applications of Pesticide Changes...

The Washington Post;  September 16, 2006 ;     697 words ......however, is undisputed. DDT spraying helped eradicate...using limited amounts of DDT for indoor use," said John...Environmental Defense. He said DDT "is not the single answer...because it believes that DDT could cause premature birth...primarily pyretheroids, in indoor ...

U.S. takes new view on DDT in Africa; Insecticide best to fight...

The Washington Times;  May 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ......being used for indoor spraying with DDT or one of the...PMI is doing indoor spraying in hundreds...insecticides other than DDT. Between 1 million...effectiveness of DDT versus other...exclusive use of DDT for indoor spraying. WHO recommends...

Uganda's environmental watchdog okays DDT use for malaria fight

Xinhua News Agency;  January 3, 2007 ;     320 words ......having approved the indoor spraying of DDT to kill mosquitoes...restricts the use to indoor spraying. NEMA's approval...saddened to hear that DDT spraying has been...request to use DDT and the ministry...NEMA before the indoor spraying especially in...

WHO backs DDT to rid malaria; Pesticide gets 'clean bill of health'; use...

The Washington Times;  September 16, 2006 ;     700+ words ......program. Well-managed indoor spraying programs using DDT pose no harm to...25 million on indoor spraying in the 2005 and...gone to purchase DDT, which is currently...said, Well-managed indoor spraying programs using DDT pose no harm to...

Use of DDT urged in malaria fight.(WORLD)

The Washington Times;  September 16, 2004 ;     601 words ......its malaria funding to indoor spraying, thousands, hundreds of...Malaria. He was referring to indoor spraying of DDT, the insecticide banned...environmentally safe methods of using DDT to save African lives...Zambia as nations that use DDT safely to combat malaria...Peterson ...

Experts advocate for indoor DDT use in Uganda to fight malaria

Xinhua News Agency;  December 1, 2006 ;     316 words ...Experts advocate for indoor DDT use in Uganda to fight malaria...experts have advised to resort 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 ...

WHO GIVES INDOOR USE OF DDT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH FOR CONTROLLING MALARIA

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 15, 2006 ;     700+ words ......widespread use of indoor spraying with DDT and other insecticides...most effective is DDT." Indoor residual...these surfaces. "Indoor spraying is like providing...their position on indoor spraying with long-lasting...insecticides such as DDT, specifying ...

If Malaria's the Problem, DDT's Not the Only Answer

The Washington Post;  June 5, 2005 ;     700+ words ...In the pantheon of poisons, DDT occupies a special place. It's the only...famous "Hey, farmer, farmer put away your DDT now" -- for damaging the environment. Banned...the Notorious B.I.G. of pesticides. Now DDT is making headlines again. Many African...

ENVIRONMENT-HEALTH: WATCHDOG CALLS FOR GLOBAL BAN ON DDT

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  January 29, 1999 ;     700+ words ......29 (IPS) -- There is enough evidence that DDT is hazardous to human health and wildlife...developing nations. About 30,000 metric tonnes of DDT are produced each year in at least five...damage to their nervous and immune systems. DDT, it says, "can be sprayed in a village in...

ENVIRONMENTALISTS ARE PERNICIOUS ELITISTS; MALARIA WOULD BE ALL BUT WIPED...

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 16, 1998 ;     660 words ......numerous unsupported allegations against DDT as the bad guy of chemical insecticides...years ago until Carson put her curse upon DDT. The U.N. and the world are now discovering...consequences of that thoughtless attack on DDT. Malaria was on its way to extinction until...

The malaria/DDT debate heats up.

Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) to sharply reduce the death toll to children and adults from malaria. DDT is inexpensive to produce, effective in...have immediate short-term success. However, DDT has a very dark side, which must also be...

Seaweed May Have Future Use As Cleaner of DDT-Polluted Soil

The Washington Post;  November 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ......cleaning up soil polluted by the pesticide DDT. Ian Singleton of the University of Newcastle...powdered green and red seaweed mixed into DDT- contaminated soil. They found that 80 percent...amounts of seaweed facilitate the breakdown of DDT by microbes that live in soil. The polluted...