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toast0 on Dec 24, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: WSDA, USDA announce eradication of northern giant ...

DDT is still approved for mosquito control. It is problematic, but is very effective... The big deal was banning it for agricultural use. Targetted use to control malaria is probably justified, given the negatives of malaria.

mmooss on Dec 24, 2024 [–]

> Targetted use to control malaria is probably justified, given the negatives of malaria.

Do we have evidence about whic his worse? Anyway, that sort of argument assumes there are no other solutions.

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