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To: Pat W. who wrote (127)	4/13/2007 9:02:45 PM
From: Tommy Hicks	Read Replies (1) of 442

How many people have died of malaria since the DDT ban? "In at least one country, Sri Lanka, a DDT spraying program, which had virtually eliminated malaria in Sri Lanka, was stopped. When Sri Lanka stopped using DDT, the number of malaria cases rose again to 2.5 million in the years 1968-9." "Critics of the DDT ban argue that DDT is an effective and, importantly for much of Africa, inexpensive tool in the battle against mosquitoes that carry the disease. Nearly half a billion people suffer from malaria each year, and the WHO estimates that 1 million, 90% of whom live in Africa, die of malaria each year. Most of malaria's victims are children. In addition to the death toll, malaria severely diminishes the quality of life of survivors, some of whom suffer from brain damage, repeated illnesses, and shorter lifespans." staging.thinkforyourself.org Bring back DDT.....it's for the children..... th

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