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To: combjelly who wrote (936685)	5/25/2016 5:36:39 PM
From: Taro	Respond to of 1575781

Those mosquito stems, which got resistant to DDT through over use in agricultural applications, are well known, defined and documented. Aedes Aegypti is not one of them. Right now, most of our concerns and thus the worldwide debate is about how to prevent an eventual Zika virus epidemic to spread from South America, and as you may or may not be aware of, the Zika virus is almost exclusively transmitted by the aedes aegypti mosquito. Now, I am not saying that DDT will necessarily get back in a massive way again - unless - the most pessimistic expectations of a Zika pandemic come true, because should this be the case - read my lips - DDT and anything else to be found will be thrown massively at that filthy partner of the Zika baby brain damage transmitting parasite. Like in any war - and this may well develop into a true war - all options should be considered open (with none excluded because of ideologies, green, blue, red or any other religion) and ready to be used if necessary. /Taro