![]() ![]() … Carson’s brief against DDT was far more nuanced than her critics say. … malaria requires programs to have persistent management and effort and lots and lots of money, none of which are very common in the African countries where the disease is endemic. ![]() “Rachel Carson has been both a hero to environmentalists and the bane of the chemical and pesticide industries … ever since the 1962 publication of her seminal book ‘Silent Spring.’ … the myth that Carson’s description of the dangers of the pesticide DDT, the central theme of her book, undermined programs against malaria-carrying mosquitoes around the world and therefore condemned millions of people to death from the parasitical disease. ![]() Michael Hiltzik, columnist at the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times: Rachel Carson, ‘mass murderer’? A right-wing myth is poised for a reappearance ![]()
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