Quotes from some NYT & WSJ articles on the subject of malaria & DDT - one of the few things those two agree on:
'What the World Needs Now is DDT', Tina Rosenbert, New York Times Magazine, April 11, 2004:
"With the exception of South Africa and a few others, African countries depend heavily on donors to pay for malaria control ..... Major donors, including the US Agency for International Development, have not financed any use of DDT, and global institutions like WHO and its malaria program, actively discourage countries from using it."
'Fighting Malaria with DDT', New York Times, December 23, 2002:
"The poor countries that were able to keep malaria in check tend to be the same few that continued to use DDT, like Ecuador. Similarly, in Mexico, malaria rose and fell with the use of DDT. ..... South Africa brought DDT back in 2000, after a switch to other pesticides had led to a surge in malaria, and now the disease is under control again. The evidence is overwhelming: DDT saves lives."
'Death by Environmentalism', Wall Street Journal, December 29, 2004. Previously posted, I believe.
Here are a few anti-DDT quotes from a couple environmental types - if any know of them not being accurate, please let me know:
Alexander King, founder of the Club of Rome, The Discipline of Curiousity, Burlington MA, Elsevier,
1990, p.43.
"My own doubts came when DDT was introduced for civilian use. In Guyana, within two years, it had almost eliminated malaria, but at the same time the birth rate had doubled. So my chief quarrel with DDT in hindsight is that it greatly added to the population problem."
Michael McCloskey, 1971, Sierra Club:
"The Sierra Club wants a ban on pesticides even in countries where DDT has kept malaria under control ... using DDT, we reduce mortality rates in underdeveloped countries without the consideration of how to support the increase in populations." |
