It can be controlled by spraying a tiny amount of DDT on the walls of houses twice a year. DDT is cheaper than other pesticides, more effective, and not harmful to human beings or animals. Even where ...

Constant pressure from concerned scientists and public interest groups appears to be paying off for the people of Africa, as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has endorsed the ...

A new report which can be found here makes a devastating and overwhelming case that DDT spraying can save hundreds of thousands of lives every year and that UN and other NGO opposition to it is, as ...

“The world is losing the war against malaria,” states the Times‘ unnamed editorial writer. “Malaria today kills more than a million people a year in Africa alone. One reason is that wealthy nations ...

It was the miracle pesticide of the age, sprayed on everything imaginable, from crops, livestock and pets to screen windows, mattresses and blankets. After World War II, the Corn Belt embraced the ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has controversially reversed a 30-year policy by announcing it is endorsing the use of DDT for indoor spraying and malaria control. DDT has been banned globally for ...

It is also in trouble within the states. Arizona has already banned DDT spraying. Michigan recently imposed a similar ban after the FDA condemned some 700,000 coho salmon from Lake Michigan because ...

When DDT was first sprayed on large areas to kill insect pests, some naturalists issued grisly warnings that the poison would “upset the balance of nature” causing all sorts of unpredictable havoc. It ...