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Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1 July 2005

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From: James Annan
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 21:31
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M Holmes wrote:

>>Effectively applied and available treatment for malaria and TB would
>>also be rather useful. It's hard to work when you're debilitated by
>>disease. But diseases of poverty don't attract the big R&D money of
>>the drug companies.
> 
> 
> We did have DDT, but green whiners stopped 'em using it. I bet the
> Africans are really thanking them for that.

AIUI, DDT has never been banned for malaria control. Some places have 
stopped using it due to mosquitoes developing resistance. The "DDT ban" 
is a favourite lie of the anti-environment movements.

James
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From: James Annan <still_the_same_me@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: EVENT: Join "Make Poverty History" riders to Edinburgh, Fri 1
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