On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 3:50:30 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
> On Sunday, January 5, 2020 at 10:39:50 AM UTC-10, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > 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?
> > >
> > > 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
>
> I can't figure out what you're trying to say. As far as America goes, we don't need DDT. I'm talking about other countries - especially those in Africa.

Where it isn't banned. Where it's in use. What's your problem?

I'd like to see use of DDT completely stopped, but other anti-malarial
measures would represent a huge fraction of the health budgets of
sub-Saharan African countries. It's sufficient that it is no longer
used in countries where it isn't needed.

Cindy Hamilton