tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373322.post2807323168052108564..comments2023-10-06T02:03:26.745-07:00Comments on The Pajamahadin: Rachel Carson's Lethal LegacyMichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15600654309482979580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373322.post-4419876339732999902009-07-03T19:21:13.029-07:002009-07-03T19:21:13.029-07:00I have noticed that liberals and socialists also s...I have noticed that liberals and socialists also somehow like to explain away the incontrovertible fact that communism tied with atheism killed over 120 million people in the 20th century.<br /><br />Its a plain as can be fact, but... watch them scurry like rats deflecting it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373322.post-44778493123605229722007-06-08T01:11:00.000-07:002007-06-08T01:11:00.000-07:00I read that Washington Post article you cite, and ...I read that <I>Washington Post</I> article you cite, and there is nothing there to support the calumny against Rachel Carson -- there is no admission that any deaths have resulted from her life's work, let alone "numerous." Especially, the <I>Washington Post's</I> voice does not support such a claim.<BR/><BR/>Carson said the problem with DDT is that it is a long-lived poison that concentrates in wildlife as we rise up trophic levels -- that is, predators get more DDT (or its daughter products, like DDE) than producers do. This concentration is proven to cause disorders that threaten wildlife, including especially those creatures that help protect us from disease by eating mosquitoes. <BR/><BR/>There is not really much evidence to support a claim that DDT use was stopped by Carson's work, unnecessarily. <I>Silent Spring</I> was published in 1962. There was no ban on DDT in any nation for another 17 years, an entire generation.<BR/><BR/>In the interim, it was found that overuse of DDT had caused mosquitoes to mutate, and become immune to the chemical. <BR/><BR/>It is these hard scientific findings that are the real legacy of Rachel Carson. They are as accurate today as they were then. You could look it up.Ed Darrellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10056539160596825210noreply@blogger.com