The inconvenient truth about malaria

Re:The inconvenient truth about malaria by pmorici on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @06:37AM (#998585)

Are you saying putting a child at risk of life threatening disease to save the mosquitos is acting morally responsible?

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Re:The inconvenient truth about malaria by Tichy on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @08:06AM (#998673)

I don't think concern for mosquitos was the main reason for banning DDT.

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Re:The inconvenient truth about malaria by patio11 on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @06:39PM (#1000032)

Of course not -- environmentalists don't value mosquitoes more than Africans. To say that would be a monstrous calumny.

Environmentalists value birds over Africans.

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Re:The inconvenient truth about malaria by Tichy on Thursday December 17, 2009 @06:06AM (#1000805)

I don't know the backgrounds, but I thought that essentially having DDT in the food chain is undesirable.

Would you spray your backyard with DDT to save an African kid? Granted, if it was the only way, maybe, but overall I personally would rather not (then I would rather put up a tent for the African kid and relocate it to my DDT free backyard).

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Re:The inconvenient truth about malaria by Tichy on Thursday December 17, 2009 @08:28AM (#1000949)

OK, now I have read most of the Wikipedia entry on DDT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDT

I have to say I am speechless by the stupidity of your comment.

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