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That was when researchers discovered that the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases like typhus.
About Those Malaria Goals Richard Tren 2010
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That was when researchers discovered that the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases like typhus.
About Those Malaria Goals Richard Tren 2010
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That was when researchers discovered that the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases like typhus.
About Those Malaria Goals Richard Tren 2010
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The African American Environmentalist Association and numerous other organizations believe that DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) insecticide should be used to prevent deaths from malaria in African countries.
Malaria and DDT 2009
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Indeed, the modern environmental movement was founded on one of the most egregious frauds in human history: that dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, is a human-killing poison when, in fact, it is a human-saving wonder chemicala chemical compound developed in 1939 for use as an insecticide.
Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009
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Indeed, the modern environmental movement was founded on one of the most egregious frauds in human history: that dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, is a human-killing poison when, in fact, it is a human-saving wonder chemicala chemical compound developed in 1939 for use as an insecticide.
Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin 2009
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That was when researchers discovered that the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases like typhus.
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub Ed Darrell 2010
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The nest the Cleggs spotted back in 1991 was the first found in Gloucester County since the widespread use of the pesticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, decimated New Jersey's bald eagle population.
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After seeing the amount of chloramine and dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, absorbed in both groundwater and lakes, he could no longer contribute to the problem as a farmer, he says.
Long Island Press 2009
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We didn’t wait for more data when DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was banned on the basis of Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring,” which brainwashed children into believing DDT would kill all the birds.
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