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[Michaelangelica]

Gourevitch states that only India manufactures DDT. He's wrong. China also produces (and uses) DDT. While India uses the DDT it produces domestically, the malaria program managers I've spoken with elsewhere say that India produces such poor quality DDT that they won't buy it.

I should mention here that WWF has been supporting South Africa's use of DDT for malaria control because effective alternatives were not available. When alternative sprays were tried, malaria incidence and deaths went up and when South Africa returned to DDT, malaria incidence and deaths went down. There are approximately 24 countries in the world now using DDT. Just under half are in Africa, in southern Africa and the horn of Africa. DDT is not used throughout Central and West Africa.

Many thanks to Rich Liroff for reviewing this atrocious article. Contact: rich.liroff@wwfus.org

http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/2...icansMar03.htm