Malaria can be fought without DDT
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2005
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Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, ON, CA
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This is a letter to the editor by Jean Lebel, president of IDRC, in response to a previous newspaper article entitled “DDT Fights Malaria.” He emphasizes research as critical to correcting old notions that prescribe “off- the-shelf solutions, especially ones of such dubious legacy.” He describes examples from current global research that counter some misconceptions about the use of the DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) toxin.
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MALARIA, CHEMICAL POLLUTION, TOXIC SUBSTANCES, DDT, SOUTH OF SAHARA, TANZANIA, MEXICO