[rarestia]

The more I hear about DDT, the more I wonder why we aren’t using it anymore. I recall there was a big hub bub about it back in the 70s and 80s, but I was a wee lad at the time.

[Vigilanteman]

Nixon's new EPA chief banned DDT with the fillipant comment of “What's the use of being given power if you don't use it.” Dad stocked up on DDT sufficiently that we were still using it into the 1980s.

We had the healthiest cattle, bees, cats and barn swallows for miles around. Go figure.

As an added bonus, Mom and Dad raised six kids and not a single one of us grew up to be a bed wetting libtard. A pretty notable accomplishment when you realize all six of us got four year degrees, five of us earned graduate degrees and two of the five earned PhDs. Not bad for a father who grew up on a reservation.

[Resolute Conservative]

There is a rise in malaria in places like Panama after they banned DDT.

[PowderMonkey]

When I was a boy, living in Central America, my father would come into my room each evening as I lay in bed, and fill the air with DDT from a manual pump sprayer. That controlled the malaria carrying mosquitoes. Then, he would fill the saucers placed under each leg of my bed with DDT to keep the scorpions and slugs at bay. Sometimes the sprayer trucks would pass by the house, and all the kids would chase it, playing in the clouds of DDT spray. Smelled great, and never hurt us.

[Black Agnes]

http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20140127/ddt-exposure-may-raise-alzheimers-risk-study

[Carriage Hill]

Some background:

http://spectator.org/articles/48925/ddt-fraud-and-tragedy

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/environment/item/15583-ddt-breeds-death

http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publications/the-truth-about-ddt-and-silent-spring

[jimt]

We aren't using it because of an author (and I use the term loosely) named Rachael Carson, who wrote a propaganda piece called Silent Spring. One of first of the shameless eco-liars, her emotional appeal galvanized the country. Never mind that it was virtually fact free, it worked, as good propaganda does.

People ATE spoonfuls of DDT for a year, with no ill effects.

May Rachael Carson burn in hell for the MILLIONS who've died of malaria as a result of her lies.