Green Egg on the Faces of the Moonbat Environmentalists
Filed under: Africa
The New York Times reports that DDT, once the bogeyman of the moonbat environmentalists, is suddenly not so bad after all, and in fact may be saving many lives in Africa:
From the 1940s onward, DDT was used to kill agricultural pests and disease-carrying insects because it was cheap and lasted longer than other insecticides. DDT helped much of the developed world, including the United States and Europe, eradicate malaria. Then in the 1970s, after the publication of Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring," which raised concern over DDT's effects on wildlife and people, the chemical was banned in many countries. Birds, especially, were said to be vulnerable, and the chemical was blamed for reduced populations of bald eagles, falcons and pelicans. Scientific scrutiny has failed to find conclusive evidence that DDT causes cancer or other health problems in humans. In the malaria-plagued regions of Africa, where mosquitoes are becoming resistant to other chemicals, DDT is now being used as an indoor repellent. Research . . . recently conducted shows that DDT is the most effective pesticide for spraying on walls, because it can keep mosquitoes from even entering the room. Malaria accounts for nearly 90 percent of all deaths from vector-borne disease globally. And it is surging in Africa, surpassing AIDS as the biggest killer of African children under age 5.
The know-it-all arrogance of these green monkeys who react on the basis of their feelings and emotions whilst simultaneously decrying their opponents for ignoring scientific data is quite breathtaking. Who knows how many lives have been lost in their effort to save them.
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