[Pollinator] Rachael Carson and DDT

[John Mull]

The oft-repeated but unsubstantiated story linking malaria deaths to the
reduced use of DDT is a canard:


http://e360.yale.edu/feature/rachel_carsons_critics_keep_on_but_she_told_truth_about_ddt/2908/

John Mull


On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 6:39 PM, bht1113--- via Pollinator <
pollinator at lists.sonic.net> wrote:

> And I think Rachel Carson would be appalled at the human lives lost
> (estimated by some at 30M) in Africa over the past 50 years as the result
> of the lack of the minimal amounts of DDT needed to prevent malaria.
> Barry
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> On Friday, April 1, 2016, Richard Johnstone <ivmpartners at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
> That is correct. She actually advocated selective treatment, which is what
> we now term integrated vegetation management or IVM.
> Rick
>
> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 6:51 PM, bht1113--- via Pollinator <
> pollinator at lists.sonic.net> wrote:
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>> And yet, even Rachel Carson did not advocate a total ban on the use of
>> pesticides, as I recall.
>> Barry
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>> On Friday, April 1, 2016, Barbara Passero <bpassero at meadowmaking.org>
>> wrote:
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>> As bad as things are today, could you imagine what the world would be
>> like without eco-heroes like the sublime Rachel Carson?
>>
>> http://sierraclub.org/sierra/2016-2-march-april/green-life/rachels-war?suppress=true&utm_source=greenlife&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter
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