Hooray for DDT

Millions of African lives could have been saved with just the modest application of DDT. Now, at last, the US is getting behind its use to protect against malaria, a disease that kills far more people than AIDS every year.

Added Richard Green, director of the Office of Health, Infectious Diseases and Nutrition in USAID's global health bureau: "We think DDT is an excellent insecticide and that, in some circumstances, it has some advantages over some other insecticides that are available."
The insecticide credited with eliminating malaria in the Western world years ago was outlawed in the United States in 1972 and is banned in most countries because of environmental concerns and unsubstantiated fears it can harm humans.
"We think DDT is safe when used correctly and are not aware of any human health risks," Mr. Green said.

Evironmentalist wackos don't like it, but screw them. They're just a bunch of racist elitists.