Should India bring back DDT?

How Can india bring Back DDT when it is not even completely Banned it? Yes , India Partially Banned DDT as pesticide for Agricultural use But continued as Insecticide for controlling the Malaria vector. read more

Yes , India Partially Banned DDT as pesticide for Agricultural use But continued as Insecticide for controlling the Malaria vector. India is the only country still manufacturing the pesticide di-chloro di-phenyl tri-chloro Ethane, better known as DDT. read more

Foreign aid agencies and various UN organisations began to take a jaundiced view of DDT, and the use of DDT declined. Not surprisingly, the mosquitoes hit back and endemic malaria returned to India. By 1997, UNDP’s Human Development Report 2000 estimated there were about 2.6 million malaria cases. read more

The United States should not ratify the POPs Convention with its phase-out of DDT and other valuable chemicals. On the contrary, this nation should bring back DDT now, under the provisions of existing U.S. law that allow the use of DDT in health emergencies. read more