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In reply to the discussion: Montana: Wolf Hunts Are Banned in Area Bordering Yellowstone [View all]AldoLeopold
(617 posts)This is a complicated subject. I don't know if your background is scientific or - you tell me. Do you know what DDT actually does? Even China has banned it. We actually still manufacture the stuff and sell it to India. Africa continued to use it for years even after Stockholm
Even if you don't care about animal life, which forgive me for saying so, your posts strongly indicate (why do you think the bald eagle and california condor and a host of other mammals and arthropods nearly went extinct?) the human toxicity danger of DDT and DDE is WAAAAY beyond acceptable levels. Not only chronic but acute toxicity problems and its a known carcinogen, mutagen, and teratogen of epic proportions.
I'm sorry millions of africans died. I truly am, but using a highly toxic and environmentally destructive chemical for that sort of thing is like fighting fire with gasoline.