While misinformation about glyphosate has resulted in a generation of ambulance chasing lawyers, the comparison to DDT is pure bullshit. No, millions did not "die unnecessarily" because DDT was banned. That is a right wing denialist myth beloved of, for example, Michael Crichton. https://twitter.com/RyanMarino/status/1183840963015446528 …
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The claim that banning DDT caused millions of unnecessary malaria deaths is nothing but unmitigated nonsense.https://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/world-malaria-day-bring-out-the-ddt-poisoned-claims-beware-the-ill-informed-cynics/ …
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Sadly, a lot of people whom I otherwise respect believe Rachel Carson denialist claims, for example,
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So we have "people who say DDT caused polio" and we have "people who say banning DDT caused millions of deaths"...can we have a cage fight?
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