"It would be no great loss to me if all the humans in the world died tomorrow".
The woman is a liar and a fraud. If she were committed to her insanity she would have committed suicide to rid the earth of one more trash talker. Any environmentalist wacko who is still alive is liar and a fraud.
DDT was used by families in Appalachia as a cure for intestinal worms and other internal parasites. It was taken by the spoonful by children. A manufacturer ate DDT by the spoonful to prove that it is harmless to animals. DDT was banned against legal and scientific opposition because the environmental movement demanded it. This was their proof that they could oppose even the most benign, harmless and important chemical and have it banned.
DDT was not banned because it was harmful. It was banned because it was and is the most important breakthrough in disease control and insect infestation in history with the least harmful effects.Tens of millions of children around the world have died because Rachael Carlson lied.
The raptors she claimed were harmed by DDT were in fact hunted nearly to extinction 25 years earlier and were making a comeback thanks in large measure to the positive effects of DDT. There was never any evidence of any kind that birds were harmed by DDT. Even the judge who heard the case claimed that DDT was never a culprit. Nevertheless the director of the CDC banned it to pander to the environmentalist lobby.
When it really matters what government does our Marxist fellow citizens lie through their teeth.
CORRECTION:
It was not the CDC but the Dept of Agriculture that banned the use of DDT in spite of no evidence that it was harmful. It was a purile, deceitful and cowardly political action by a Dept Director who was more concerned about angry Marxists than the health of the food supply.