On 2020-01-05 3:14 p.m., dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 9:52:38 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton

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>> DDT is a probable human carcinogen.
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>> Mosquitoes became resistant to DDT after 6-7 years of spraying.
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>> And, of course, Silent Spring.
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>> We're well rid of DDT.
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>> 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.
>


The prophylaxis to prevent malaria is risky enough that some people
refuse to take it. They say they would rather risk malaria than the side
effects, My son took Larium when he was working in Uganda. He reacted
very badly to it, so instead of taking it weekly he would take it every
week and a half, like a Wednesday one week and Friday the next. One time
he took one only 304 days after another instead of 10 days. He thought
he was going crazy and almost checked himself into a mental hospital.

That was 21 years ago. He is still having problems. He has nightmares
every night and occasional night terrors. We hear a lot about our
military coming back with PTSD, even among those who were not even
involved in combat, and I have wondered for years if it is truly the
classic PTSD or if it is a side effect of malaria medication.