07-27-2006
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Re: DDT: Should it be used?
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Scientists call for continued use of DDT
Thursday, 23 November 2000
Anopheles mosquito
A female Anopheles mosquito biting a malaria infected human. Pic: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
Tropical disease scientists around the world have intensified calls for governments not to ban the use of DDT, because malaria rates are climbing in countries which have stopped using the pesticide.
About 2.5 million people die from malaria annually, but deaths will increase if some countries stop using the pesticide, according to Donald Roberts, a professor of tropical public health at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Maryland.
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http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s215291.htm
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