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| − | '''Malaria''' is a tropical [[disease]] spread by the [[mosquito]]. The best way to eradicate malaria is by using an [[insecticide]] called [[DDT]]. Unfortunately for sub-Saharan Africans and some Asians, the U.S. ban on DDT has made this cheap and safe chemical very difficult to obtain. This led to a renewed [[malaria epidemic]], and more than one million people die of malaria every year. | + | '''Malaria''' is a tropical [[disease]] spread by the [[mosquito]]. The best way to eradicate malaria is by using an [[insecticide]] called [[DDT]]. <ref>"Sprayed just once or twice a year on the walls of houses, this powerful repellant keeps most mosquitoes from entering; irritates those that do come in, so they don't bite; and kills any that land." [http://www.aim.org/guest_column/5456_0_6_0_C/ Pro-malaria forces resurface at WHO] - Paul Driessen - May 15, 2007 - [[Accuracy in Media]] </ref> |
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Revision as of 10:03, May 21, 2007
Malaria is a tropical disease spread by the mosquito. The best way to eradicate malaria is by using an insecticide called DDT. [1] Unfortunately for sub-Saharan Africans and some Asians, the U.S. ban on DDT has made this cheap and safe chemical very difficult to obtain. This led to a renewed malaria epidemic, and more than one million people die of malaria every year.
References
- ↑ "Sprayed just once or twice a year on the walls of houses, this powerful repellant keeps most mosquitoes from entering; irritates those that do come in, so they don't bite; and kills any that land." Pro-malaria forces resurface at WHO - Paul Driessen - May 15, 2007 - Accuracy in Media