DDT damage
The Mexican Government plans to phase out DDT in malaria control over the next ten years in favour of an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. It is prioritizing a reduction in organochlorine pesticides such as DDT because of the link between organochlorines and cancers. The Government also plans to enhance the enforcement of restrictions against DDT use in agriculture, which continues despite being made illegal in 1990. The Ministry of Health reported organochlorine residues in 146 out of 439 samples examined between 1993 and 1995. Food contamination could account for the occurrence of unexpectedly high levels of DDE, a breakdown product of DDT, in the breast milk of women in Mexico City. According to an Environmental Health Perspectives report, Mexico is the leading DDT user in Latin America, and breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among Mexican women.
Pesticide Monitor, vol 5, no 2.




-------------- Original message from Shawn Gordon <[log in to unmask]>: -------------- 


> about damn time, this has been bugging me for years. Note all the 
> critics comments. it "may" cause eagle egg shell thinning, it "may" 
> reduce the flow of milk in nursing mothers, it "may" cause babies to 
> have low birth weight, it "may" cause dogs to grow wings, ok I made 
> up the last one. With all these "may" comments, one thing we know, 
> it WILL reduce the cases of malaria but an insanely large margin. 
> 
> More environmentalist extremism at work, at least people finally woke up. 
> 
> At 06:15 AM 10/3/2006, Denys Beauchemin wrote: 
> >Actually some good news for a change. It look like we are finally going to 
> >stop letting a couple million people die needlessly every year. 
> > 
> >http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YWMxMDkyYzViMTNlODE3YmNjM2Y3OTc5YWNmNzU 
> >5MmQ= 
> > 
> > 
> >Denys 
> > 
> >-----Original Message----- 
> >From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf 
> >Of James B. Byrne 
> >Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 11:16 AM 
> >To: [log in to unmask] 
> >Subject: [HP3000-L] OT: Mars 
> > 
> >On: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:33:06 -0500, Denys Beauchemin 
> > wrote: 
> > 
> > > Well let me see now, the environmentalist movement has so far killed 
> > > between 10 and 30 million people, 
> > 
> >Yes, they are really going to have to light a fire under themselves if 
> >they are ever going to catch up the the ideologues of nationalism and 
> >economic determinism who manage to accomplish far more killing than that 
> >every generation. Not that we are ever going to see how M. Beauchemin 
> >comes up with his figures, nor are we ever goinfg to see what the offsets 
> >were in terms of lives saved and injuries forstalled. 
> > 
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> 
> Regards, 
> 
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