[grey_whiskers]

it is not harmless to humans or animals. DDT can cause major hormone disruption, birth defects, miscarriges, and other reproductive issues in people. There is strong evidence linking it to some cancers.

Links, please?

...and stronger evidence linking the LACK of it to malaria, which also happens to be (unlike cancer, if you didn't notice) CONTAGIOUS.

Cheers!

[ChurtleDawg]

here are sme scholarly sources:

http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.publhealth.18.1.211