Posted on 07/18/2022 9:11:53 AM PDT by rktman
That's exactly what the war against DDT was about. Rachel Carlson was a eugenicist. She pushed fake "science" to stop DDT from saving people of certain types she wanted less of in our global gene pool.
I about puked when MBARI replaced the Pt. Lobos with this:
https://www.mbari.org/at-sea/ships/rv-rachel-carson/
They used to fog for skeeters with DDT. We would ride our bikes through the poisonous plumes. There haven’t been any side effects so far.
I lived in Sierra Leone for three years and pretty much every single week inveighed against her with whoever would listen. The embassy people ignored me but the SL government agreed but claimed that the USA kept them from actually creating or importing DDT. They could only use it to infuse wood, building materials or mosquito nets.
The concern was that they would thrive and progress, and soon demand control of their own natural resources. Meaning the West could no longer exploit their natural wealth.
There is a 1974 document briefing President Ford of this "problem" and he soon signed off on the "solution".
Roger that. We did as kids in Tampa circa 1951/52. Still waiting for my third eye.
I play music during the day for my sparrows, and provide nesting structures to protect them from larger birds. Attracted a duck who nested in a tree near the house. They are fun to watch, especially when they snag a ‘skeeter 1/4” from the window you’re watching from. Just to show off. And it’s a challenge with 7 neighbors feeding cats nearby.
Oh, they love AcousticOutpost.com.
I didn't know that.
Learn something new every day.
Thank you.
They used to fog for skeeters with DDT. We would ride our bikes through the poisonous plumes. There haven’t been any side effects so far.
I’d tell them, “He died...while climbing a mountain 30 years later in his 80s.”
Same here - almost 50 years ago.
Me and friend Joey would pretend our bikes were fighter planes flying through the clouds...
Kids in my neighborhood were thrilled to follow the “Mosquito Man,” too.
Good post. Is this related to Kissinger’s National Security Memorandum 200?
Pittsburgh,PA. has the Rachel Carson bridge too.
Do you have a link for her as eugenicist? Thanks ahead of time.
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-population-control-holocaust
“The result was issued on December 10, 1974 in the form of the classified NSC document titled “Implications of Worldwide Population Growth for U.S. Security and Overseas Interests.” The document — known as National Security Study Memorandum 200 (NSSM 200), or simply as the Kissinger Report — represented the encoding of Malthusian dogma as the strategic doctrine of the United States.”
“On November 26, 1975, NSSM 200 was formally adopted by the Ford administration.“
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Study_Memorandum_200
I remember magazines showing a photo of him eating DDT.
DDT is still considered the safest pesticide ever made. We used to dust out soldiers with it in WWII and distribute it in our gardens with our bare hands.
Most important post in this thread. Banning of DDT was pushed by the zero population growth crowd.
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