various potato beetles
coddling moth (which attacks apples)
corn earworm
cotton bollworm
tobacco budworms
colorado potato beetles
gypsy moth.....
it also has been very effective against lice, fleas, mosquitoes, yellow fever and malaria.
Some times we have to weigh the dire effects of DDT to humans and the environment compared to the benefits of eradication of dangerous diseases. The benefits of spraying DDT on the crops was to eliminate pests. We have to balance risks and benefits.
In 1972 EPA banned DDT but we are still manufacturing DDT for other countries.
Reference
* toxipedia DDT updated Jan 10, 2011 by Steven Gilbert
Glad to see you continuing work. Have you found some peer reviewed articles about DDT? In what countries is it still being used?
ReplyDeleteIt's insane that we can determine it's danger, ban it and yet still sell it to lesser developed countries. Shame there is no international court for that!
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