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Y_lifter
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The conference was really on Gobal Environmental Change. Not just warming.
Yea, as an example of things that some people knee jerk react to and don't fully understand. DDT is relatively safe and "for now", effective if used properly against mosquitos . IMO, its environmental issues are and were due to it being used improperly, as in too heavily and uncontrolled. So it made its way into the environment in dangerous levels.
Yea, as an example of things that some people knee jerk react to and don't fully understand. DDT is relatively safe and "for now", effective if used properly against mosquitos . IMO, its environmental issues are and were due to it being used improperly, as in too heavily and uncontrolled. So it made its way into the environment in dangerous levels.
slat1
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When most people think about mass genocide, they usually envision brutal dictators intentionally killing their own citizens. Few people, however, consider indirect causes of genocide, but these indirect causes are no less abominable. Without a doubt, the greatest indirect link to mass genocide is Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
Silent Spring was written in the 1960s after the use of DDT became very prevalent in America. DDT is the most effective and least expensive chemical in the world at killing mosquitoes. In fact, it once was very common for trucks to drive through neighborhoods spraying enormous quantities of the substance everywhere. However, since that time, research has proven that only small drops of DDT are needed to eradicate any mosquito problem.
Nevertheless, instead of limiting the quantity of DDT used, Rachel Carson went even further. Based on faulty research, and anecdotal exaggerations, she wrote her book about the horrors of DDT and called for its total prohibition. In her book, she said that if we tolerated the continued use of DDT, even in small quantities, we would soon live a world without birds, without clean water, and everyone would die of cancer. She even spouted abject nonsense about how she knew people who instantly developed cancer after using DDT.
The problem with Rachel Carson’s book is that none of it was true. There was no mass biocide. There was no mass epidemic of cancer linked to DDT. Moreover, our drinking water in America is one of the cleanest in the world.
Silent Spring was written in the 1960s after the use of DDT became very prevalent in America. DDT is the most effective and least expensive chemical in the world at killing mosquitoes. In fact, it once was very common for trucks to drive through neighborhoods spraying enormous quantities of the substance everywhere. However, since that time, research has proven that only small drops of DDT are needed to eradicate any mosquito problem.
Nevertheless, instead of limiting the quantity of DDT used, Rachel Carson went even further. Based on faulty research, and anecdotal exaggerations, she wrote her book about the horrors of DDT and called for its total prohibition. In her book, she said that if we tolerated the continued use of DDT, even in small quantities, we would soon live a world without birds, without clean water, and everyone would die of cancer. She even spouted abject nonsense about how she knew people who instantly developed cancer after using DDT.
The problem with Rachel Carson’s book is that none of it was true. There was no mass biocide. There was no mass epidemic of cancer linked to DDT. Moreover, our drinking water in America is one of the cleanest in the world.
slat1
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Y_lifter said:
I am all for restrictions on cars and trucks.
Further, I think big industry needs to be regulated drastically when it comes to their refuse and emissions.
I also believe farms need to be held accountable. The feed given to the animals produced huge amounts of toxins into the air.
All of the above is entirely different then global warming.
The same scientists were preaching about a global cooling in the 70's!
If they would call it what it really is, pollution, it would be more palatable.
To call it something that does not exist is crazy!
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Gambino
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hmmmm let's seeheatherrae said:
how about the voters who elected him TWICE?
