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West Nile Virus- Bring Back DDT?
various links | 8-05-02 | The Heavy Equipment Guy

Posted on 08/05/2002 5:17:26 PM PDT by backhoe

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10,000 may be infected (West Nile Virus)
      Posted by self_evident
On Aug 4 2:32 AM with 16 comments


The Advocate ^ | 08/3/02 | MIKE DUNNE
     
 
West Nile virus found in 4 more Iowa counties
      Posted by Keith in Iowa
On Aug 3 1:37 PM with 2 comments


Des Moines Register | 8/3/02 | Tony Leys
     
 
Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Found in Conn.
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On Aug 3 1:24 PM


FOXNEWS ^ | Saturday, August 3, 2002 | AP
     
 
Louisiana battles Nile virus
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On Aug 3 9:18 AM


Washington Times ^ | Saturday, August 3, 2002 | By Joyce Howard Price
     
 
Louisiana Confirms Four West Nile Virus Deaths
      Posted by Reverenist133
On Aug 2 11:00 PM with 33 comments


Reuters.com ^ | August 02, 2002 01:46 PM ET | By Michael Depp
     
 
DDT and Chemophobia - Could DDT help with the West Nile Virus outbreak?
      Posted by MeeknMing
On Jul 31 9:34 PM with 28 comments


AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH ^ | June 14, 2002 | By Dr. Thomas R. DeGregori
     
 
West Nile virus spreading faster than expected
      Posted by buckbonzi
On Jul 30 5:03 AM with 2 comments

     
 
West Nile virus spreading faster than expected
      Posted by aculeus
On Jul 30 3:29 AM with 12 comments


Yahoo News via Drudge (siren worthy) ^ | Mon Jul 29, 6:51 PM ET | LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer
     
 
White House Bird Test Positive for West Nile Virus
      Posted by bonesmccoy
On Jul 28 9:07 AM with 29 comments


Washington DC Public Health ^
     
 
Dead bird found on White House lawn to be tested for West Nile Virus
      Posted by Damocles
On Jul 26 4:16 PM with 32 comments


Boston.com ^ | 7/26/2002 | AP
     
 
Houston man has West Nile virus
      Posted by MeeknMing
On Jul 23 8:33 PM with 35 comments


The Dallas Morning News ^ | July 23, 2002 | The Dallas Morning News Staff
     
 
West Nile virus in Manitoba, Quebec
      Posted by Clive
On Jul 13 2:22 PM with 7 comments


Canadian Press via Sun Media ^ | July 13, 2002 | Scott Edmonds
     
 
Three Men in Louisiana Are First With West Nile Virus
      Posted by Dog Gone
On Jul 12 7:24 PM with 75 comments


Associated Press ^ | Friday, July 12, 2002
     
 
West Nile virus confirmed in Chicago burbs (coincidence?)
      Posted by Ordinary_American
On May 25 9:33 AM with 1 comment


UPI ^
     
 
West Nile Virus from Iraq Via Cuba? (My Title)
      Posted by abigkahuna
On May 20 7:31 AM with 24 comments


www.aapsonline.org ^ | 5/15/02
     
 
Cuba's bio-research activity under scrutiny: Did Castro plant West Nile virus in Florida Keys?
      Posted by JohnHuang2
On May 15 12:10 PM with 10 comments


WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Wednesday, May 15, 2002 | By H.P. Albarelli Jr.
     
 
West Nile Virus Heading Toward Texas
      Posted by blam
On Feb 6 4:01 AM with 29 comments


Science Daily ^ | 2-5-2002
     
 
Ala. Man Dies From West Nile Virus (first known Ala. death from virus)
      Posted by Freedom of Speech Wins
On Nov 28 2001 10:08 AM with 1 comment



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If you follow the links within the links, you will find my own collections of links regarding DDT.

Is it time to reconsider bringing DDT back for public safety?

1 posted on 08/05/2002 5:17:26 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
Yeah..lets's polute the water systems some more.
I just read an article this weekend about how the medicines we have become such a great amount that they have accumulated in the sewers and the all filtering system processes (even underground) are not filtering out the medicines and hormones from our drinking water. They said they can't do it.
2 posted on 08/05/2002 5:37:52 PM PDT by Sungirl
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To: Sungirl
I'm not going to argue with you, but I suggest you read the links more carefully and ask- are one to two million preventable deaths ( in mostly poor, third-world countries ) really worth a avoiding a theoretical risk?

DDT is one of the safest insecticides known. Most of the newer ones are analogs of nerve gas agents, and correspondingly more poisonous to humans. I've seen people literally plastered with powdered DDT without ill effects.

3 posted on 08/05/2002 5:45:49 PM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
DDT is one of the safest insecticides known.

It has been suggested that flawed studies resulted in the ban.
Even if the studies were accurate, additional consideration should be afforded public health concerns.
Most certainly, bring it back!

4 posted on 08/05/2002 6:21:56 PM PDT by sistergoldenhair
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To: Sungirl
Someone desperately needs a parasol.
5 posted on 08/05/2002 6:33:52 PM PDT by Old Professer
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To: Sungirl
Do you eat fruit and veggies from other countries....??? They are likely using DDT.....
6 posted on 08/05/2002 7:06:27 PM PDT by goodnesswins
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To: goodnesswins
"Do you eat fruit and veggies from other countries....???"

You mean you can still buy American fruit? Last year they let the fruit rot in the orchards because the chinese, south american, and mexican imports came in for less than it cost to produce here.

This year an early heat wave followed by a late frost killed the fruit crop, but I expect that next year millions of pounds of fruit will again be left to rot.

Someone has been slipping stupidjuice into the water supply. There's no other reason I can think of for a country to welcome an increasing dependence on its avowed enemy for its food supply.

7 posted on 08/05/2002 7:14:12 PM PDT by Don Joe
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To: Don Joe
My husband's family owns apple/pear/cherry orchards.....I ALWAYS by US fruit only....I just buy in season fruit ONLY - as far as the "stupid juice"......I'm wondering, too...We just planted ourself a fruit tree on our suburban small city lot.....I will NOT buy Chinese (or another country's) fruit, I won't, I won't, I won't!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8 posted on 08/05/2002 8:12:32 PM PDT by goodnesswins
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To: backhoe
I first heard of West Nile about a year ago. However, I've NEVER heard even a mention of DDT as a possible solution anywhere but here at FreeRepublic. It's been gone so long that many people have no idea what DDT is anymore.

Thanks backhoe, there are a lot of American lives at stake, not to mention the 2 million around the world.

9 posted on 08/05/2002 8:33:43 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle
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To: backhoe
Good job ! It seems the DDT banning 30 years ago was based
on Liberal "Junk" "Science". In other words, baseless.
10 posted on 08/06/2002 2:22:40 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP
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To: Sungirl
Yeah let's go ahead and contintue to let these third world mosquitoes from hell kill more people, don't bother to find a solution!
11 posted on 08/06/2002 2:30:11 AM PDT by bok
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To: sistergoldenhair
Appreciate the comments- when I was a little boy- 1950's- we ran through the "skeeter spray" the county fogger truck put out, because, childlike, we figured if it was bad for the bugs, it must be "good for us..."

While I certainly would not do or recommend that now, no harm came from breathing the stuff. The diseases carried by the bugs are a far more immediate threat to health.

12 posted on 08/06/2002 4:07:51 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: backhoe
In the 50's, our out-door movie theaters were sprayed with DDT and nobody got sick from it. Also other businesses used it with no problems.
13 posted on 08/06/2002 4:28:51 AM PDT by Lucky
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To: Balding_Eagle
While I'm not positive, I'd swear I've heard talk radio hosts metion DDT recently. That's how you win the info wars- dripping out data one drop at a time, until the public wakes up from its stupor...
14 posted on 08/06/2002 4:28:58 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: MeeknMing
It was a precursor to The Decade of Fraud(s)-- the 1990's. Like the Corvair, which GM fixed, but "Unsafe at any Speed" killed off anyway...
15 posted on 08/06/2002 4:38:04 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: Lucky
I can recall spraying the stuff around from Flit guns, and people walking through, and even smoking in, the cloud of insecticide without ill effects. By contrast, the "EPA Approved" pyrethrin-based fogging oil I use around here makes me feel sick as a dog- I can taste the stuff for days- if I get one whiff of it.

And it doesn't kill the bugs, either...

16 posted on 08/06/2002 4:44:23 AM PDT by backhoe
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To: Old Professer
What's the matter? Why do you call yourself a professor when you don't know anything? What are you a professor of? If I remember right, you never answered my last few posts to you....remember???
17 posted on 08/06/2002 4:46:02 AM PDT by Sungirl
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To: goodnesswins
Do you eat fruit and veggies from other countries....??? They are likely using DDT.....

No doubt...it goes along with all the fecal material.

18 posted on 08/06/2002 4:47:21 AM PDT by Sungirl
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To: Lucky
In the 50's, our out-door movie theaters were sprayed with DDT and nobody got sick from it

What year was DEET developed? How long does it take to see all symptoms?

20 posted on 08/06/2002 4:51:06 AM PDT by Sungirl
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