| The Rise, Fall, Rise, and Imminent Fall of DDT
DDT is probably the single most valuable chemical ever synthesized to prevent disease. It has been used continually in public health programs over the past sixty years and has saved millions from diseases like malaria, typhus, and yellow fever. Despite a public backlash in the 1960s, mainstream scientific and public health communities continue to recognize its utility and safety. DDT's delisting for various uses in the United States in 1972 was a political, not a scientific, judgment. After decades of extensive study and use, DDT has not been proven to be harmful to humans. But by 1997, its future looked bleak. Environmentalists were pushing for it to be banned worldwide, and its most articulate champion, the South African Department of Health, stopped using it. Surprisingly, DDT recovered its reputation, and in 2006 the World Health Organization (WHO) championed it again.
Liberals would set up $1-billion fund to help manufacturing: Dion
Of cousre Oilberta never sucked the teet of the U.S. where most of the provinces oil goes. When Ontario was carrying the country and oil was about 20 bucks the Oilbertans were whining then. Here it is 2008 and they can't stop. Don't worry as the economy of the country slows and the price of oil drops we'll still hear the whining of the oilbertans. Posted 18/01/08 at 1:15 PM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment .
Globe North listings
Comprehensive listings for galleries, plays, music, and other happenings in the area. ARTS Beverly: "Corn Dogs, Blue Ribbons, & the American Pastoral: Photographs by Meg Birnbaum" continues through Jan. 24 at Montserrat College of Art's Carol Schlosberg Alumni Gallery, 23 Essex St. The exhibit features images of summer fairs in New England by Somerville photographer Meg Birnbaum. Open Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., and Saturday noon-5 p.m. Events hotline, 978-921-4242, ext. 1319. montserrat.edu. Beverly: Redbrick Art Center, 95 Rantoul St. Through Jan. 25: paintings by Paul Schexnayer, Katrina Grant recipient from New Iberia, La.; Redbrick's Printmaker in Residence Erin Smith; and the "Whimsical" show featuring ceramic work of artists nationwide.
Your views on the Green debate
Poll Results The Americans are ahead again. This time it's in their negative attitudes towards the "green imperative". We asked for your feedback in December and followed up with a quick poll in January. Our thanks to the 3,000 or so folk who responded. But what a stark contrast between North American respondents and the rest of the English-speaking world. Freeform Dynamics has analysed the responses to January's poll and discovered that the mood, by and large, is that "something must be done". But a significant dissenting minority exists in the US. Forty per cent of respondents there regard the "green imperative" as scaremongering or hype, compared with a 20.7 per cent average in the rest of the world. Take a look at the red bars in this chart: Among other things, web activity logs provide details of the browser and operating system being used, so Freeform made another cut according to the operating system being used.
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