On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 11:22:37 AM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> 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?
> >
> > 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?
>
> Use of DDT in Hawaii would devistate the local animals (absolutely the
> birds). Try it in your own home first. The rest of us are over that.

Well, that's the point of DDT, to kill the bugs. The effects were purely intentional. When we moved next to the Kawainui Marsh, the mosquitoes and other creatures were a nightmare. DDT took care of the mosquitoes after a couple of years. Praise the Lord!

Hawaii is the extinction capital of the world and most of the local bird species are already wiped out. DDT had nothing to do with it - unless you got some other information about this. Of course, you don't. Mostly, yoose guys let fear be your co-pilot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zXajYDnprQ