Can someone clear this up for me.
2007-06-28 08:07:40 · 8 answers · asked by Peace Maker 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Was this only made in the USA and if it was how could Africa afford it?
Whats going on here, did the Bald Eagles kill millions?
2007-06-28 08:10:02 · update #1
Enichem Synthesis (Italy), Hindustan Insecticides (India) and P.T Montrose Pesticido Nusantara (Indonesia) were listed by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) as basic producers(4). It is also produced in Mexico(5).
just some companies still making DDT today....I got a funny feeling that products from those nations are significantly cheaper than products from the US.
2007-06-28 08:16:49 · update #2
It doesn't. There is no correlation between the two events.
Aren't they still using DDT in Africa, where is has never been outlawed?
2007-06-28 08:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 2⤊ 5⤋
"To only a few chemicals does man owe as great a debt as to DDT... In little more than two decades, DDT has prevented 500 million human deaths, due to malaria, that otherwise would have been inevitable."
[National Academy of Sciences, Committee on Research in the Life Sciences of the Committee on Science and Public Policy. 1970. The Life Sciences; Recent Progress and Application to Human Affairs; The World of Biological Research; Requirements for the Future.]
http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.htm
The rest of the page on this link will provide you with the information you seek. Including the information on the banning of the product.
2007-06-28 15:34:23 · answer #2 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The movement to ban DDT in America was an early environmentalist victory, and it's been held up continuously all these years as a centerpiece of environmentalism.
Because of that, DDT, like Asbestos, is regarded with much more fear than it really deserves. The unfortunate consequence of this is that Americans have been unwilling to contribute to NGOs, charities, and the like that try to use DDT for malaria-preventing mosquito abatement in Africa.
There has recently been some attempt to educate potential American donors that DDT is not the boogeyman the environmentalists have held it up to be, and that it's use is worth the risk to reduce the burden of malaria on Africa.
2007-06-28 15:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by B.Kevorkian 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, and you know that. DDT is the most effective insecticide for use against the mosquito. It is responsible for the defeat of malaria in this country.
And DDT did NOT cause the decline of the bald eagle or any other birds in this country or any other country.
2007-06-28 15:12:48 · answer #4 · answered by plezurgui 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't. But DDT is a big reason malaria in America is practically non-existent. Once it was banned, no one in the US made it, making it more scarce, making Africans look for less effective alternatives.
2007-06-28 15:11:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Not economical to make a product that can only be used in very limited localities; so they stopped producing it domestically pretty much.
Best and most effective tool against mosquitos is gone; mosquitos are the biggest carrier of malaria in Africa.
2007-06-28 15:11:22 · answer #6 · answered by wizjp 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
It didn't.
The misquotes were pretty much immune to DDT by the time it was banned in the states so it's continued use was ineffective anyway.
2007-06-28 15:15:58 · answer #7 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
American companies are the main manufacturers of the product. When there isn't a market for them (eg the US) they are less likely to Spend money for humanitarian manufacturing of the product when there will be no revenue coming in from US markets.
2007-06-28 15:11:09 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋