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Psycho-Deli� wrote:

On 10/08/11 2:35 PM, Billy wrote:
In ,
wrote:

On 8/9/2011 7:27 PM, Billy wrote:

You know that you must look really lame to the others in
sci.med.nutrition, alt.support.diabetes, alt.support.diet.low-carb by
now.

I don't have a need to impress anyone. Those folks worth their
salt will have checked out the reference I gave and be getting
miles in front of your head in the sand political approach. Why
would I care about laggards like you?

You're a dullard trying to pass for bright.

You're a boor too dull to realise by trying to win a fight that you have
already lost you make yourself an object of derision.

"Psycho" like "out" you make statements that you can't support. I can
see why you two have an affinity for each other. Sayin' it don't make it
so. If you don't believe me, you can look it up in
http://www.amazon.com/Chaos-Making-S.../0143113453/re
f=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312810518&sr=8-1

Far from having chosen humans to be victims by banning DDT. DDT is being
used in a more intelligent way via "Integrated Pest Management" (IPM),
instead of just being dumped into the environment.


http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...o-combat-malar
ia
The scientists reported that DDT may have a variety of human health
effects, including reduced fertility, genital birth defects, breast
cancer, diabetes and damage to developing brains. Its metabolite, DDE,
can block male hormones.

In 2007, at least 3,950 tons of DDT were sprayed for mosquito control in
Africa and Asia, according to a report by the United Nations Environment
Programme.

In South Africa, about 60 to 80 grams is sprayed in each household per
year, Bouwman said.

A 2007 study on male fertility is the only published research so far.
Conducted in Limpopo, South Africa by de Jager and his colleagues, the
study found men in the sprayed homes had extremely high levels of DDT in
their blood and that their semen volume and sperm counts were low.

"Clearly, more research is neededŠbut in the meantime, DDT should really
be the last resort against malaria, rather than the first line of
defense," Eskenazi said.

The pesticide accumulates in body tissues, particularly breast milk, and
lingers in the environment for decades.

Since then [2001, Stockholm Convention], nine nations‹Ethiopia, South
Africa, India, Mauritius, Myanmar, Yemen, Uganda, Mozambique and
Swaziland‹notified the treaty's secretariat that they are using DDT.
Five others‹Zimbabwe, North Korea, Eritrea, Gambia, Namibia and
Zambia--also reportedly are using it, and six others, including China,
have reserved the right to begin using it, according to a January
Stockholm Convention report.

Mexico, the rest of Central America and parts of Africa have combated
malaria without DDT by using alternative methods, such as controlling
stagnant ponds where mosquitoes breed and using bed nets treated with
pyrethroid insecticides. But such efforts have been less successful in
other places, particularly South Africa.

"We have a whole host of mosquito species and more than one parasite.
The biology of the vectors is different and there is therefore no
one-method-fits-all strategy, as is the case in Central America,"
Bouwman said.
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So much for having chosen human beings for our victims.

If you want to prove me wrong, refute the above statement, otherwise
please spare us your constant braying.
--
- Billy
Both the House and Senate budget plan would cut Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy.

Kucinich noted that none of the government programs targeted for
elimination or severe cutback in House Republican spending plans
"appeared on the GAO's list of government programs at high risk of
waste, fraud and abuse."
http://www.politifact.com/ohio/state...is-kucinich/re
p-dennis-kucinich-says-gop-budget-cuts-dont-targ/

[W]e have the situation with the deficit and the debt and spending and jobs. And it¹s not that difficult to get out of it. The first thing you do is you get rid of corporate welfare. That¹s hundreds of billions of dollars a year. The second is you tax corporations so that they don¹t get away with no taxation.
- Ralph Nader
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/19/ralph_naders_solution_to_debt_crisis