On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 3:33:27 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 10:20:14 AM UTC-10, Bruce wrote:
> > On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 12:14:12 -0800 (PST), dsi1 >
> > wrote:
> >
> > >On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 9:52:38 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > >> > We used to have DDT trucks drive down our streets spraying the neighborhood. I'm still around and kicking. DDT has saved countless lives from the most dangerous killer on this planet. The mosquito. Several thousand kids die every day from malaria which could have been prevented by DDT. That's just insanity but I suppose if it makes folks like you feel safer, it's all worth it, right?
> > >> >
> > >> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dDy0o3IIpk
> > >>
> > >> DDT is a probable human carcinogen.
> > >>
> > >> Mosquitoes became resistant to DDT after 6-7 years of spraying.
> > >>
> > >> And, of course, Silent Spring.
> > >>
> > >> We're well rid of DDT.
> > >>
> > >> Cindy Hamilton
> > >
> > >It is estimated that a child dies every 12 seconds from malaria. DDT might be carcinogenic. Silent Spring was a popular book. Well okay then.
> >
> > Isn't there something to fight malaria with that's not carcinogenic?
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> How many people die from cancer caused by DDT? How many kids die, every day, from malaria? Thousands. I propose that we don't let fear rule our lives and save the lives of kids. What else is there to say?

If DDT were being used in more than 12 countries, then a lot. Mortality
in those 12 countries is probably not being driven by cancer. Something
else gets them before they have an opportunity to develop cancer.

Cindy Hamilton