The Channel 4 film claims environmentalists were responsible for a ban on DDT, which led to the death of millions from malaria. But DDT was never banned for use as a malaria preventative.
We support the continued use of DDT in malaria control programmes where there are no effective alternatives.
We thought that an investigation by Prospect Magazine a couple years ago finally laid this myth to rest.
According to the investigators, the postwar attempt to eradicate malaria by the spraying of DDT was a failure, largely because the overuse of insecticides led to the development of resistance in mosquito populations....
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/about/greenpeace-ddt-and-malaria
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