Yeah, that's pretty much what the National Geographic article said. It also said that most of the environmental problems from DDT were from agricultural use, not malaria prevention -- and that the darn stuff was so very cheap, and so seemingly innocuous, that in both cases many times the necessary doses were needed.
DDT is a big part of the malaria eradication campaign going on in Zaire. I never thought I'd be happy to hear that, but now I've read that article, I am. :-)
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Date: 2007-07-21 11:57 am (UTC)DDT is a big part of the malaria eradication campaign going on in Zaire. I never thought I'd be happy to hear that, but now I've read that article, I am. :-)