Bedbugs!!!!

[n2ize]

I'm not really sure what your definition of "lesser species" is. All species exists as parts of the entire whole. It's impossible to damage another species' survival without impacting our own.



And with this I agree. DDT in the hands of licensed exterminators = Good thing. DDT in the hands of every swinging dick = Bad thing.

The only bad thing is if we allow DDT to be used the way they did years ago where they used it to excess. Farmers were spraying it right and left and it was ending up in streams, rivers, lakes. Home owners using it to keep the moths off their clothes or to keep the roaches at bay weren't hurting the lakes. Legalize it for everybody but restrict it's widespread use in places where it can easily end up in the water.

[KC2UGV]

The only bad thing is if we allow DDT to be used the way they did years ago where they used it to excess. Farmers were spraying it right and left and it was ending up in streams, rivers, lakes. Home owners using it to keep the moths off their clothes or to keep the roaches at bay weren't hurting the lakes. Legalize it for everybody but restrict it's widespread use in places where it can easily end up in the water.

What do you think happens when clothing treated with DDT get laundered?

[w3bny]

What do you think happens when clothing treated with DDT get laundered?

They get clean and smell april fresh?

[KC2UGV]

They get clean and smell april fresh?

And, the DDT goes...

[kf0rt]

And, the DDT goes...

Down the drain, where it's cleaned out of the water by a treatment plant?

[KC2UGV]

Down the drain, where it's cleaned out of the water by a treatment plant?

Because that works out so great with phosphates too, huh?

[n2ize]

Since we banned DDT we might as well ban ALL insecticides because virtually all of them are as bad or worst than DDT. Malathion is very bad stuff, and most likely carcinogenic and very widely used. . Lindane, worst than DDT, more toxic to humans than DDT and very likely a carcinogen. Pyrethrins, also quite dangerous, toxic to humans. ALL are EXTREMELY toxic to aquatic life. I fail to see the point of disallowing DDT while allowing all these other poisons that are just as bad or worst. Why not ban them all ?