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To: LindyBill who wrote (988)	12/26/2002 12:19:31 PM
From: zonder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Are you kidding? They run the "Green" Parties in Europe. I am not kidding. And they are hardly the majority in European countries. It is totally safe for people. Where did you get that impression? Evidence of its harmful effects on humans is inconclusive (see article below), but there is no question that it is a "persistent organic pollutant" - i.e. moves up the food chain, starting with the animals that eat insects. You will find this little article in today's IHT interesting: iht.com There is some action now to restart its use against malaria, since its benefit apparently outweighs the risks, but I doubt if it will ever be used to spray crops with, as farmers used to do. I cannot argue with you that the people who got DDT banned were "loonies" who "think there are too many "Little Brown People" anyway.

To: LindyBill who wrote (988)	12/26/2002 12:23:03 PM
From: William B. Kohn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

Hey Lindy, Are we sure that DDT was harmless? You know sometimes modernity does make mistakes. I think you're old enough to remember thalidimide, which is now coming back into use for a very different treatment, but which caused great hardship to unsuspecting mothers in Germany when it first was introduced. While I believe that environmentalists have tended to be extreme, I am glad to have some level of checks and balances in our small planet! bill@onemistakecouldkillusall.com REMEMBER THE DINOSAURS (NOT CLAIMING THAT THEY MADE ANY MISTAKES)