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To: Eric who wrote (45092)1/5/2014 6:57:18 AM
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Hi Eric:

I'm going to take the opposite side of the DDT banning as I've a personal interest in some of the consequences.

DDT was banned in 1972. Lyme disease was identified in 1975. My unscientific observation is the tick population in the U.S. has exploded since then. (At least growing up I never saw a tick and they are now abundant, not only here in the Northeast but from my readings throughout the U.S.)

Ticks are the known vector of Lyme disease (borrelia burgdorferi) as well as Babesia, Bartonella, ehrlichiosis and a few other diseases.

DDT was used to control Malaria via killing the mosquito (babesia is similar to malaria but the vector is ticks versus mosquito) but one of the unpublished side effects was also killing the tick.

Lyme is not considered a large problem in the U.S. with what was 30,000 cases a year although the CDC just increased that 10 fold to 300,000 last fall.

My contention is it is still much greater than 300,000 as the majority of chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, Parkinsons, ALS (all diseases which have also increased exponentially in the last 30 years) are all caused by an underlying tick borne infection.

Tim
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