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Originally Posted by mulp
The problem with your logic is that DDT was never banned.
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The problem with your argument is that you have no logic and must resort to lies!
The U.S. Ban on DDT - Environmental Defense Fund
DDT Ban Takes Effect | EPA History | US EPA
So I guess your own EPA and Environmental Defense Fund are liars as well?
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Originally Posted by mulp
And you are also wrong in arguing that DDT was actually effective in stopping the spread of malaria, when it was well documented that the specific vector quickly developed a tolerance for DDT, and could not be controlled by DDT.
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Getting your information from 1969 only hurts you fool! LOL
"Resistance" may be a misleading term when discussing DDT and mosquitoes. While some mosquitoes develop biochemical/physiological mechanisms of resistance to the chemical, DDT also can provoke strong avoidance behavior in some mosquitoes so they spend less time in areas where DDT has been applied -- this still reduces mosquito-human contact. "This avoidance behavior, exhibited when malaria vectors avoid insecticides by not entering or by rapidly exiting sprayed houses, should raise serious questions about the overall value of current physiological and biochemical resistance tests. The continued efficacy of DDT in Africa, India, Brazil, and Mexico, where 69% of all reported cases of malaria occur and where vectors are physiologically resistant to DDT (excluding Brazil), serves as one indicator that repellency is very important in preventing indoor transmission of malaria."
[See, e.g., J Am Mosq Control Assoc 1998 Dec;14(4):410-20; and Am J Trop Med Hyg 1994;50(6 Suppl):21-34]
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Originally Posted by mulp
Clearly you are making the case that we should believe in global warming because the only argument you can make is by drawing an comparison to a purposeful lie, the lies that DDT was banned and if DDT hadn't been banned no malaria deaths would have occured, when both are lies.
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Clearly you suffer the same AGW alarmist mental disorder that most liberal tree sitters do--no brains. I have already proved you to be the liar here sonny!
And scaring people about DDT back then without real proven science is exactly the same bullshit practice you worshipers are trying to do about the AGW/CC HOAX!