Of the dozen pesticides WHO has approved as safe for house spraying, the most effective is DDT.' This is by far the most inexpensive option of making the house free from mosquitoes, and keeping ...

Although banned decades ago in North America because of its links to wildlife declines (such as the near extinction of the bald eagle) and possible risk to human health, DDT is still used to control ...

For the first time, malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Tanzania have genetically mutated to survive the long-banned pesticide DDT. Researchers from the University of Glasgow and the Ifakara Health ...

The EPA’s action in 1972 initiated a worldwide DDT ban that has led to the suffering of tens of millions of people from mosquito-borne disease. Alternatives haven’t worked, and WHO director ...