Monday, September 24, 2012

The Commentator - Millions of deaths later: The birth of the green movement and junk science

The Commentator - Millions of deaths later: The birth of the green movement and junk science

This is the story of how dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), previously used to treat malaria, was banned based on flimsy evidence and ideology, seeing the beginnings of the green industry.

Millions have died as a result. Malaria is a disease that is caused by a bite from a female mosquito, which induces protozoan parasites into the blood stream of the recipient