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  • On World Malaria Day, recognizing its grim toll

    Posted In:  Chemicals & Environment, DDT, Dispatch email, Public Policy
    Publish Date:  April 25, 2013

    Today marks the 7th annual celebration… no, that’s not exactly the best word…the 7th annual official recognition, via World Malaria Day, of the horrendous toll taken by the mosquito-borne infection: Malaria. Historically, malaria has been so severe and widespread as to determine the fates of entire civilizations. A little-known fact is that malaria remained a [...]

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  • Earth Day should be about people too

    Posted In:  Chemicals & Environment, DDT, Dispatch email, environmentalists
    Publish Date:  April 23, 2013

    So we’ve gotten through another Earth Day. I meant to write something about this event when it occurred, yesterday, but I was too busy dealing with its proponents’ fanciful dogmas concerning “sustainability” and carbon footprints, and never got around to it. Better late than never. This year, we managed to avoid the devastating effects of [...]

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  • Fake malaria medicine a big problem in endemic regions of Africa

    Posted In:  DDT, Medical & Pharmaceuticals
    Publish Date:  March 21, 2013

    Counterfeit medicine isn’t just a problem in America. In Nigeria, two medical practitioners are asking a regulatory agency to check on the … »

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  • South Africa using its smarts — and DDT — to prevent malaria

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    Publish Date:  February 7, 2013

    Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane (DDT) continues to be used in South Africa in the hopes of eliminating the spread of malaria in the country by … »

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