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0 pointsqohen12y ago0 comments

From the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2006:

WHO gives indoor use of DDT a clean bill of health for controlling malaria

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr50/en/

"Extensive research and testing has since demonstrated that well-managed indoor residual spraying programmes using DDT pose no harm to wildlife or to humans"

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merlincorey12y ago

And if you read here: http://www.gladwell.com/2001/2001_07_02_a_ddt.htm

You can find out just how hard it is to have a well managed program.

They say it takes a dictator and a fascist to do successfully.

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