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Originally Posted by Bagor
Can you elaborate on the "bad science" part?
IMO the science behind DDT is what it is. The best available evidence out there. That it did or did not have a basis for the banning of DDT doesn't IMO justify it being called bad science.  |
My apologies. I touched on it in my honours thesis a year ago. I think the claims made by Carson and some of the other environmentalists that DDT inversely impacted other ecosystems besides mosquitos were overblown and based on "bad" science. That is, ideological science.
Basically, the number of comprehensive studies were pretty minimal when the government made their decision. It was strictly a political one with a veneer of science plastered on to give it legitimacy. That' what I mean by bad science.