Quote Originally Posted by Ironside
I will not go into a "human lives saved with this method, compared to the deaths and enviromental damage due to the side-effects" as it would require more research than I'm willing to make, but I recommend that you also take notice of what is mentioned in the wiki article and not refuted among those 109 points.

On a simular note, what's up with the general anti-scientiffical mainstream movements in the US? It seems to be quite a bit of them currently. Not that they shouldn't be there (well some are a bit wacko though, well they're funny to laugh at), but that "we know the truth but the world tries to silence us" attitude can be a bit too prevalent sometimes.
300-500 millions people per year contract malaria and over 60 million have died since DDT was banned. I think you'd be very hard pressed to make the claim that more people died as a result of its use. Prior to its ban, it had saved more lives than any other man-made chemical. Residential use of it has few if any environmental consequences and there have been no proven human side-effects. Again, using it in widespread agricultural and industrial applications was wasteful- but residentially, it can save millions.

I'm just glad that many are now reconsidering their bans and are allowing it's careful use to save lives and prevent untold suffering.

DDT a weapon of mass survival.