This condescending attitude toward the value of the lives of those non-elites living under the thumb of the “warmers” was powerfully illustrated in the recent film Not Evil, Just Wrong which exposed all sort of holes in the global warming / climate change story. After spending several minutes describing the evidence that the pesticide DDT was, indeed, not harmful to the environment . . .

They told that old whopper? Why would you cite a film by non-Christians, especially a film that tells such whopping fibs? DDT is one of the most problematic chemicals ever created, one of the special targets of the Persistent Organic Pesticides Treaty (POPs Treaty) which is intended to eliminate harmful chemicals that are so dangerous they cannot be controlled.

Here in the U.S., the story of DDT’s damage to the reproduction of birds and little girls and boys is well known. We have recovered several species of bird, including the bald eagle, because of our success in banning the release of DDT to the environment beginning 40 years ago.

There is no study that suggests DDT is not incredibly dangerous. We should be suspicious of anyone who makes such a bizarre claim.

. . . the film showed sickly children and grieving mothers – the result of uncontrolled mosquitoes spreading malaria through many parts of the African continent.

The campaign to keep DDT instead of fighting malaria has successfully delayed help to these people for years. DDT is not much of an effective tool to use, since mosquitoes developed resistance and immunity starting in the mid-1960s, but the political wrangling over DDT has kept governments from mounting campaigns against malaria for the better part of two decades now. How many children must die before these heartless corporate poison advocates let us get on with fighting malaria?

Recent Gates Foundation tests show integrated pest management, the program Rachel Carson urged in 1962, reduces malaria by 50% to 85% with bednets. IPM programs have been fought by DDT interests for too long.

<blockquote This was followed up with some pompous American woman in jungle attire commenting that this was not so bad, that the children did not much of a life ahead of them anyway, besides the land was not so crowded, and… she enjoyed hearing the birds who were not around in as large numbers when DDT was used. Her’s would have been a grand story to include in Eugene Burdick and William Lederer’s book, The Ugly American.

Did it identify the woman? I’ll wager she was an actress hired by the film-makers. Her statement is contrary to the position of every environmental organization on Earth. Anyone who will tell such whopping tales about DDT would probably hire an actor to mouth false lines, too. Who was that woman?