World’s Scariest Words: ‘I’m an Environmentalist and I’m Here to Help’
Mary,
You are confusing weather and climate when you say that “temperatures peaked a while ago.” It’s a common misconception.
I gave you a source for the environmentalist point of view, from Rachel Carson herself.
So, you are too lazy to actually look and see if there were restrictions on DDT? DDT was not banned. Kristof is wrong. He does not give specific examples of “restrictions,” but you accept his word without question because he is supposed to be some expert on the third world? And you write up a blog post on this level of research. You should be embarrassed by your reliance on third hand, opinionated sources to smear an entire movement.
Once again DDT was never restricted for malaria control. It was restricted for agricultural use, which has likely reduced resistance and allowed DDT to be more effective.
