Let DDT to return to save millions in the poverty ridden world, don't purchase luxary insectisides from vested multinational companies

The case for DDT: A recent study by Drs. Roger Bate and Richard Tren, fellows of the Institute for Economic Research have concluded that there is no strong evidence for harmful effects of DDT on the environment or on human beings. After malaria was eradicated from the developed world, poorer nations were pressurized to stop using DDT by environmental groups and funding agencies. This was a severe blow to malaria eradication programs especially in Africa since DDT is cheap and very effective. Anopheles developed resistance to the pyrethroids used in the place of DDT, which led to a resurgence of malaria in the late 1990’s. The current feeling among experts is that though DDT should not be used for general purposes, its use in malaria eradication programs is vital. Further a long term plan to replace it with equally effective, safer alternatives should be made (eBMJ 26 June 2001).