DDT about to be reintroduced as pesticide

UPI: DDT about to be reintroduced as pesticide
One of the most controversial chemicals on Earth DDT is about to make a comeback as a prime weapon in the fight against malaria in Africa. Scientists say DDT helped eradicate malaria from the United States during the 1940s, but was indiscriminately overused for agricultural purposes during the 1950s and 1960s.

Beginning in the 1970s, the United States and several European nations banned the pesticide, largely due to concerns about environmental harm. Pressure from international agencies also led many African countries to abandon DDT’s use.

It’s about time! The junk science that triggered the ban on DDT was disproved decades ago, yet the myth that it is somehow dangerous still persists at the cost of over one million lives per year.

Even this article mentions excessive farm use of DDT, the danger of which is also subject to debate.

Some think the the WHO actually encouraged the ban on DDT in order to force population reduction in Africa. That would sound like paranoia, but for the WHO memos written in the 1960s that actually said it.

Reuters article here:
DDT returns to battle malaria in Africa

Read more about the fraud perpetuated on the world (in order to ban DDT) here:
100 things you should know about DDT

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