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The Becker-Posner Blog: September 2006 DDT was extensively used worldwide in the subsequent two decades with continued success as protection against these diseases, and was employed even more extensively to rid cotton and other crops of destructive insects. The ban on using DDT in houses to fight malaria is an example of environmentalism that lost all sense of proportion. The fact is that the quantities of DDT needed to be quite effective against malaria in tropical and other countries, where it is often at epidemic levels, is a tiny fraction of the amounts that had been used to rid crops of pesticides. www.becker-posner-blog.com /archives/2006/09   (8431 words)

DDT - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DDT was first synthesized in 1874 by Othmar Zeidler, but its insecticidal properties were not discovered until 1939, by the Swiss scientist Paul Hermann Müller, who was awarded the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his efforts. DDT was first banned from use in Norway and Sweden in 1970, but was not banned in the United Kingdom until 1984. DDT is a persistent organic pollutant and is highly persistent in the environment. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DDT   (6629 words)

jonimitchell.com Glossary - DDT   (Site not responding. Last check: ) DDT is a persistent organochlorine pesticide and is largely responsible for the great decrease in the reproductive capabilities and consequently in the populations of fish-eating birds, such as the bald eagle, brown pelican, and osprey. DDT [1,1,1-trichloro-2, 2-bis-(p-chlorophenyl)ethane] was (C.A.S. 50-29-3) one of the most widely used chemicals for the control of insects on agricultural crops and insects which carry diseases such as malaria and typhus. Synonyms for DDE are DDT dihydrochloride; p,p'-DDE; dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene; and 1,1-dichloro-2,2-bis(p- chlorophenyl)ethylene. www.jonimitchell.com /glossary/entry.cfm?id=10   (1070 words)

gladwell dot com - the mosquito killer The idea was to use DDT to kill only those mosquitoes which were directly connected to the spread of malaria--only those which had just picked up the malaria parasite from an infected person and were about to fly off and infect someone else. DDT kills by attacking a mosquito's nervous system, affecting the nerve cells so that they keep firing and the insect goes into a spasm, lurching, shuddering, and twitching before it dies. Not all of Carson's concerns about the health effects of DDT have stood the test of time--it has yet to be conclusively linked to human illness--but her larger point was justified: DDT was being used without concern for its environmental consequences. www.gladwell.com /2001/2001_07_02_a_ddt.htm   (7074 words)

FOXNews.com - DDT: A Weapon of Mass Survival - Blog | Blogs | Popular Blogs | Video Blogs Roadblocks to the lifesaving use of DDT remain – mostly in the form of the modern environmental movement and its governmental subsidiary known as the European Union. DDT wasn’t responsible for the decline in bald eagle populations, didn’t cause bird egg shell-thinning and didn’t cause cancer in humans, the judge determined. DDT was nonethless banned in the U.S. when then-EPA administrator William Ruckleshaus reversed without explanation the decision of the judge who actually heard all the DDT testimony – Ruckleshaus heard none of it and never read any of the transcript. www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,194332,00.html   (951 words)

AlterNet: Should the DDT Ban be Lifted? Carson also trumpeted studies of rats which suggested DDT was a liver carcinogen, and gathered anecdotal evidence of harm in human beings, like a farmer whose bone marrow wasted away after repeatedly inhaling a mixture of DDT and benzene hexachloride he used to spray his fields. DDT is not a mutagenic or teratogenic hazard to man," the EPA banned it anyway in 1972. DDT is at least four times less expensive than the cheapest alternative -- even though it is only still produced by one factory in India -- and requires less frequent spraying. www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=15599   (3347 words)

ATSDR - ToxFAQs™: DDT, DDE, and DDD DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is a pesticide once widely used to control insects in agriculture and insects that carry diseases such as malaria. DDT entered the environment when it was used as a pesticide; it still enters the environment due to current use in other countries. They stick strongly to soil; most DDT in soil is broken down slowly to DDE and DDD by microorganisms; half the DDT in soil will break down in 2-15 years, depending on the type of soil. www.atsdr.cdc.gov /tfacts35.html   (1310 words)

The New York Times > Magazine > What the World Needs Now Is DDT   (Site not responding. Last check: ) Still, DDT was falling out of favor even before the 1962 publication of ''Silent Spring,'' Rachel Carson's book that described the dumping of DDT and other pesticides on American towns and farms and detailed the destruction they caused. DDT is no longer on patent, and it is known to be made only in India and China -- and the price has soared since the rich-country ban put manufacturers out of business, making it harder for poor countries to buy. DDT is a victim of its success, having so thoroughly eliminated malaria in wealthy nations that we forget why we once needed it. www.nytimes.com /2004/04/11/magazine/11DDT.html?ei=5007&en=4ebf5b1fab869680&ex=1397016000&partner=USERLAND&pagewanted=all&position=   (4871 words)

ES&T Online News: DDT's resurrection In certain settings, DDT remains a proven tool to hinder the transmission of malaria to humans, but the compound is not the long-term answer, environmentalists and public-health specialists argue. DDT's metabolites continue to accumulate in terns and humans in the Arctic. Meanwhile, DDT continues to be a stopgap in the fight against malaria and its mosquito vectors. pubs.acs.org /subscribe/journals/esthag-w/2007/aug/science/nl_ddt.html   (1651 words)

CNN - Group calls for worldwide DDT ban - January 29, 1999 DDT has been banned in North America, but is still used to control mosquitoes and other disease-carrying insects in many developing nations. The report notes that most of the millions of tons of DDT that have been produced in the past remain in soil and continue to be redistributed throughout the environment. "DDT is such a potent chemical that as long as it is used anywhere in the world, nobody is safe," said Clifton Curtis, director of the WWF Global Toxics Initiative. www.cnn.com /TECH/science/9901/29/ddt.enn   (497 words)

New Scientist Breaking News - DDT finally linked to human health problems Although DDT is now banned in the developed world, it is still widely used elsewhere to combat malaria, particularly in Africa. DDT has been proven to have adverse effects on bird reproduction, in particular. Last December, DDT was dropped at the last minute from an international treaty banning persistent organic pollutants. www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn1012   (605 words)

In Africa, DDT Makes a Comeback To Save Lives DDT is very effective, because it sticks for a long time on the walls and kills a lot of mosquitoes with a single spray.... DDT was banned in the United States in 1972 on the basis of a big lie, not science (see box). As the DDT scare stories escalate, there has also been increased recognition in the West that the mountains of lies about DDT, are, to put it mildly, one-sided—from Rachel Carson's lying book Silent Spring in 1962[4] to the environmentalist diatribes on the Internet, to the standard U.S. school curriculum about pesticides. www.larouchepub.com /other/2004/sci_techs/3124ddt_africa.html   (2732 words)

Breast Cancer Risk: DDT Linked to Disease April 24, 2003 -- Exposure to DDT and other pesticides that are believed to alter levels of the female hormone estrogen may increase breast cancer risk. DDT was widely used as a pesticide in the United States for almost 30 years before it was banned in 1972. Breast cancer patients were found to be more than five times as likely to have detectable levels of DDT in their blood and more than nine times as likely to have detectable levels of another estrogen-modulating pesticide, hexachlorobenzene (HCB). www.webmd.com /content/article/64/72232.htm?z=1728_00000_1000_ln_05   (573 words)

Planet Ark : Malaria study says safer alternatives to DDT DDT is one of 12 persistent organic pollutants or POPs - dubbed the "dirty dozen" - that are targeted for restriction or elimination in a global treaty being negotiated in Geneva this week under the auspices of the U.N. Environment Programme. Environmental groups say that DDT can travel long distances in the air and water, that it builds up in the fatty tissues of living beings, and that it stays in the sub-soil because it is not biodegradable. WHO's position is that DDT can be used in the fight against malaria in a limited way," said Antero Aitio, a medical doctor at the chemical safety office of the U.N. health agency. www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=3507   (543 words)

John Quiggin » Blog Archive » DDT   (Site not responding. Last check: ) While noting that not all of Carson’s 1962 claims about the dangers of DDT have stood up to subsequent scrutiny, the author dismisses right-wing conspiracy theories like those in the first link, and makes the point that Carson was campaigning against the use of DDT as a broad-spectrum insecticide, not as an anti-malarial. As this piece makes clear, the main reason for the abandonment of DDT as the core component in anti-malaria campaigns was the growth of resistance, which was of course exacerbated by indiscriminate use. The ban on DDT use in developed countries, to the extent it had any effect, slowed the general rise of resistant species, and therefore increased the effectiveness of DDT in its anti-malarial use. johnquiggin.com /index.php/archives/2003/08/04/ddt   (887 words)

Welcome to FreshPlaza Mr Vens said, "If the strict controls that should be put in place when DDT is used are not fully adhered to, and there is a risk of contamination of the food chain. He said the government does not plan massive spraying outside buildings and was educating the public on the use of the pesticide, which kills mosquitoes that transmit malaria. DDT was used extensively in the 1950s and early 1960s to fight malaria and other pests across the world but was stopped after scientists raised questions about its effects on humans – although no fatalities have been reported. www.freshplaza.com /2006/05apr/2_ug_ddt-use.htm   (600 words)

The Case for DDT — The American, A Magazine of Ideas Still, its decision to oppose DDT was consistent with corporate self-interest. Even though DDT had great potential for fighting malaria, not a single European or American firm I contacted was interested in defending it. The typical response from industry directors was something along the lines of, “We have enough other battles,” or, “Yes, it’s harmless and shouldn’t have been banned, but DDT is a lost cause.” After at least 100 separate letters, emails, and phone calls, I quit trying to raise support from industry. american.com /archive/2007/november-11-07/the-case-for-ddt   (922 words)

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: It's Time to Spray DDT South Africa brought back DDT in 2000, after a switch to other pesticides had led to a surge in malaria, and now the disease is under control again. DDT was sprayed in America in the 1950's as children played in the spray, and up to 80,000 tons a year were sprayed on American crops. It was a tragedy that we nearly allowed DDT to wipe out such magnificent birds, and we should continue to ban DDT in the U.S. But it's also tragic that our squeamishness about DDT is killing more people in poor countries, year in and year out, than even a once-in-a-century tsunami. www.nytimes.com /2005/01/08/opinion/8kristof.html?ex=1262926800&en=3906217f5764e4b0&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland   (823 words)

Free Dominion :: View topic - Green Hands Dipped In Blood: The DDT Genocide Unfortunately, DDT also happens to be an insecticide that most environmentalists love to hate -- and nowhere more so than in the capitals of Western Europe. DDT has been used for more than 60 years and in all that time no scientifically replicated study has been able to link the chemical to cancer in humans. Still, the fact that DDT is back on the agenda both in the United States and Uganda is good news for the Ugandan people. www.freedominion.ca /phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=44232&sid=ff1a7944a3ee9d8bb9e6d87542b3ff48   (1473 words)

Deltoid » DDT   (Site not responding. Last check: ) After DDT use was discontinued, Sri Lankan malaria cases rose to 2.5 million in the years 1968 and 1969, and the disease remains a killer in Sri Lanka today. DDT was not banned in Sri Lanka in 1963. However, as explained in my posts on DDT, DDT is not banned from use against malaria, and while it is still helps against malaria in some places, it is not the panacea that Kopel et al make it out to be. timlambert.org /category/science/ddt   (13624 words)

Vanderbilt Television News Archive: DDT Ban (ABC) Environmental Protection Agency rules benefits of DDT to agriculture are outweighed by potential harm to environmental Order, immediately appealed by DDT producers, permits use of the pesticide only for certain crops. This information describes a segment of a news broadcast held by the Vanderbilt Television News Archive. To view this item, you may request that a copy be sent to you through the Archive's videotape loan service. openweb.tvnews.vanderbilt.edu /1972-6/1972-06-14-ABC-8.html   (298 words)

SSC:Director's Discretionary Time (DDT) Note that requests for DDT cannot be used to resubmit all or part of a proposal that was rejected by the normal peer review process. The inaugural DDT program was the First Look Survey (FLS), which provided an early and representative sample of reliable infrared data. All of the abstracts for approved DDT programs are collected on another page. ssc.spitzer.caltech.edu /geninfo/ddt   (180 words)

TIME.com: The TIME Global Health Blog Just a quick mention that the journal Nature Medicine is reporting that the World Health Organization is set to reintroduce DDT in the fight against malaria. DDT has been banned in many parts of the world since the 1970s because of fears it can get into the food chain and lead to illness. For some background, here's a 2004 Time report on malaria that included an indoor spraying program with DDT that protected people and the environment. time.blogs.com /global_health/?promoid=rss_top   (2173 words)

Whalenet Information Archive 1998: ABSTRACTS: DDT/PCBS in Hong Kong Dolphins & Finless porpoises in Asia (fwd) The median level of total DDT was 26.7 m g.g-1 for S. The relatively high DDT levels may be a cause of concern regarding the health of the animals. The high neonatal mortality rate observed in Hong Kong's cetaceans may partly be attributed to their compromised immune functions due to organochlorine exposure. whale.wheelock.edu /archives/info98/0280.html   (634 words)

Ethical debate: Doctoring malaria, badly: the global campaign to ban DDT DDT for malaria control should not be banned ... DDT chillingly: as a carcinogen, a teratogen, an immunosupressant, DDT or its metabolites have been found in human breast milk and in amniotic fluid. DDT is sprayed inside homes, where it may pose a particular risk to humans. www.bmj.com /cgi/content/full/321/7273/1403   (2362 words)

Based On A True Story…. » Blog Archive » A DDT question   (Site not responding. Last check: ) The office that dispenses those funds, the Agency for International Development, acknowledges DDT is safe, but it will not spend a penny on it. The amount was the reason for the DDT problems. So was the DDT problem here a result of an “if a little is good, a lot is better” mentality? www.spiritblog.net /?p=354   (464 words)

Planet Ark : Malaria rising as DDT use falls, scientist says Donald Roberts, speaking for a coalition that is promoting DDT as a means of controlling malaria in developing countries, said the chemical was safe if sprayed in small amounts inside homes to repel mosquitoes that carry the parasite which causes malaria. For many poor nations, DDT is the only affordable way to try to reduce the 500 million malaria infections each year, Roberts said. "There is broad agreement that DDT should not be banned globally until we are absolutely convinced that the countries that are using it have affordable, effective alternatives," said Richard Liroff, director of the World Wildlife Fund's Alternatives to DDT Project. www.planetark.org /dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=9085&newsdate=23-Nov-2000   (593 words)

TIME.com: The TIME Global Health Blog - I Want my DDT When it comes to DDT, you don't have to choose between saving lives and saving the environment. Indoor spraying of small amounts of DDT and other insecticides can work wonders, as I learned while working on a story in 2004. Spraying homes plus treating patients with the new anti-malarial combination drug Coartem led to a rapid drop--from 423 to 124--in the annual death toll from malaria in one region of South Africa. time.blogs.com /global_health/2006/01/i_want_my_ddt.html   (216 words)

Some are Boojums » Blog Archive » Mmm … DDT … Yum! Thanks to John Quiggin and Tim Lambert, we have pointers to yet another uninformed anti-environmentalist loyally repeating the party line that DDT has been banned for use against malaria, and that the ban has cost millions of lives. Anopheles culifacies, completely susceptible to DDT when the spray stopped in 1964 was now [in 1968] found resistant presumably because of the use of DDT for crop protection in the interim. One Response to “Mmm … DDT … Yum! www.someareboojums.org /blog/?p=28   (482 words)

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