[CT Birds] DDT

[Clay Taylor]

Hi all -

Following up on Frank's mention of using DDT to combat malaria in Africa, 
the DDT is sprayed in low concentrations inside the people's living places 
in order to kill the disease-bearing mosquitoes.    At these concentrations, 
the DDT can never build up enough to adversely affect the people or the 
other animals present.   This is a totally different scenario than having 
tons of DDT runoff from agricultural fields getting into water supplies, and 
thus contaminating the basic part of the food chain.

It's like everything else we have to look at how a tool properly used is 
beneficial vs. the same tool that is improperly used to bad effect.

Clay Taylor
Moodus, CT
ctaylor at att.net

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Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 12:15 PM
Subject: [CT Birds] DDT


> Hi all,
>
> I've been away, so I haven't been  following the discussion on DDT
> closely,  but was it mentioned  that DDT, although no longer used in our
> country,  is still  produced in the U.S, and sold to other countries?
> Unfortunately,   many  third-world countries see it as a Godsend... as it
> increases   their
> food  production, at least in the short term. Of  greater  concern, the
> CDC (center for disease control)  recently sanctioned the use of DDT  to
> decrease
> Malaria in Africa,  and is actively promoting its use..
>
> Frank  Gallo
>
>
>
>
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