04-27-2018, 06:11 AM
DDT was effective against mosquitoes
During WW2 the military dosed Oahu with DDT to get rid of the mosquitoes and the tropical diseases still prevalent in the 1940's. A friend of mine who grew up on the island in the 1950's & '60's said he never had a single mosquito bite as a child.
Here's a story about the Dengue outbreak on Oahu in 2001, and the suggestion to bring back DDT:
Alan S. Lloyd is one of them. The retired Hawaiian Electric Co. engineer remembers the DDT spraying for the dengue fever epidemic as a child in Honolulu during World War II, and he believes it's time to once again bring out "the ultimate tool.''
A growing number of tropical-disease scientists are advocating the judicious use of DDT, Lloyd points out.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/articl...ln02a.html
Portion of Hawaii’s drinking water that comes from underground wells : 9/10
Gallons of raw sewage that leak into the ground from Hawaii cesspools each day : 53,000,000 - Harper's Index
During WW2 the military dosed Oahu with DDT to get rid of the mosquitoes and the tropical diseases still prevalent in the 1940's. A friend of mine who grew up on the island in the 1950's & '60's said he never had a single mosquito bite as a child.
Here's a story about the Dengue outbreak on Oahu in 2001, and the suggestion to bring back DDT:
Alan S. Lloyd is one of them. The retired Hawaiian Electric Co. engineer remembers the DDT spraying for the dengue fever epidemic as a child in Honolulu during World War II, and he believes it's time to once again bring out "the ultimate tool.''
A growing number of tropical-disease scientists are advocating the judicious use of DDT, Lloyd points out.
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/articl...ln02a.html
Portion of Hawaii’s drinking water that comes from underground wells : 9/10
Gallons of raw sewage that leak into the ground from Hawaii cesspools each day : 53,000,000 - Harper's Index
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