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Re:Malaria 'Completely Stopped' by Microbe by vixen99 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @05:10AM (#23078021)
And malaria reemerged elsewhere after DDT was banned around 1973 thanks to Rachel Carson's book. A professor of pediatrics summarizes how millions died as a result and how WHO reinstated DDT in 2006. https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-rachel-carson-cost-million...
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Re:Malaria 'Completely Stopped' by Microbe by msla on Wednesday May 06, 2020 @10:50AM (#23091601)
DDT is still used in the Third World, and mosquitoes are becoming resistant:

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/10/after-40-years-most-...

https://mosquitoreviews.com/insecticides/ddt-resistant-mosqu...

> Several serious human health problems, including diabetes and hormonal disruptions, have been linked to DDT, and it is suspected to be carcinogenic.

So, no, it wasn't just the eagles.

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Re:Malaria 'Completely Stopped' by Microbe by restalis on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @10:22AM (#23080275)
That's not quite right to cast the blame on her. She was right, DDT indeed accumulated in soil and caused bad effects. Blame the people that actually made the call to ban DDT without a plan to prevent the bad consequences. That move could have been handled better.
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