Nobody has advocated indiscriminate use of DDT in recent decades. In the meantime R.C. and the greenie weenies' death toll climbs daily.
At 09:29 AM 2/15/2008, you wrote: >I'm optimistic that science will develop a better way to deal with malaria >than the indiscriminate use of DDT. > >On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 9:56 AM, Loren Faeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > > I am gonna step out on a limb here and say something sure to > > infuriate the greenie weenies. Before I start though, a little > > background: my grandpa had a buddy named Aldo Leopold. Aldo was a > > frequent visitor, and Grandpa and Grandma would trek up to Aldo's > > place regularly also. Grandpa implemented many > > environmental/conservation works and practices long before the rest > > of the country ever heard of conservation or environmentalism. The > > stewardship was drilled into my being long before the > > "environmentalism" or "earth day" came into being. > > > > Who is the mass killer with the highest body count" > > Hitler? no > > Stalin? No > > Pol Pot? No > > Mao? no > > A kindly looking grandmother type has over 6 billion lives lost to > > her credit. These are lives lost to mosquito-borne illnesses. And > > the number will continue to go up unless we put a stop to junk > > science and insist on real science. the killer is Rachel Carson. A > > do-gooder gone awry. > > > > I have taken malaria medicine. After a week or so of that, I decided > > the "cure" was worse that the disease, and I stopped taking the > > malaria pills. I'd much rather have DDT available for specific uses > > by conscientious people. > > > > > > At 03:40 PM 2/14/2008, you wrote: > > >Of course the same article says that DDT is not readily absorbed > > >into the skin. > > > > > > > > >But of course theres another side: http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html > > > > > >The truth probably lies someplace in the middle. > > > > > >-Curt > > > > > >Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:56:23 -0600 > > >From: "R A Bennell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Chickens > > >To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > > > > >I remember reading something not long back that suggested stopping the > > > use of DDT was one of the worst things that > > >has happened to 3rd world countries. We were afraid of what it might do > > > to people so we stopped producing it. > > >However, what the mosquitos do in many tropical countries is a whole > > > lot worse for most people that the effects of > > >DDT ever might be. > > > > > >Randy > > > > > > > > >--------------------------------- > > >Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! > > >Mobile. Try it now. > > >_______________________________________ > > >http://www.okiebenz.com > > >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > Loren Faeth > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
