Legacy of the DDT Ban

Posted on June 12th, 2007 by Angela Logomasini in News

silentspring_my_book_shotPatricia Ludwig of the American Council on Science and Health weighs in on Carson’s legacy. She notes: “The real legacy left behind by Silent Spring is millions of deaths from malaria that could have been prevented if health authorities had continued to use DDT as a method for killing mosquitoes carrying the disease.” More…

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