Report on Malaria from National Geographic.
Read the following from page 4.
Soon after the program collapsed, mosquito control lost access to its crucial tool, DDT. The problem was overuse—not by malaria fighters but by farmers, especially cotton growers, trying to protect their crops. The spray was so cheap that many times the necessary doses were sometimes applied. The insecticide accumulated in the soil and tainted watercourses. Though nontoxic to humans, DDT harmed peregrine falcons, sea lions, and salmon. In 1962 Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, documenting this abuse and painting so damning a picture that the chemical was eventually outlawed by most of the world for agricultural use. Exceptions were made for malaria control, but DDT became nearly impossible to procure. “The ban on DDT,” says Gwadz of the National Institutes of Health, “may have killed 20 million children.”
h/t Instapundit
Maybe 18 months/2 years ago I bought a cheap $16 hair clippers from Wal-Mart. I do my own hair and I think it is far superior then John “I could buy 1000000 bowls of soup for the pour with my hair budget” Edwards. (He should check into getting a shorter middle name.)
What do ya think? I say mine is way better!
Nev. couple accused of starving infants while playing video games
Meet the newest Piece O’Crap Award winers.. Michael & Iana Straw.
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A couple authorities say were so obsessed with the Internet and video games that they left their babies starving and suffering other health problems have pleaded guilty to child neglect.
The children of Michael and Iana Straw, a boy age 22 months and a girl age 11 months, were severely malnourished and near death last month when doctors saw them after social workers took them to a hospital, authorities said. Both children are doing well and gaining weight in foster care, prosecutor Kelli Ann Viloria told the Reno Gazette-Journal.
Two to the chest, one to the head… bang.. dead.. done.
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