WHO calls for more DDT use vs. malaria (AP)

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Reply Fri 15 Sep, 2006 01:15 pm
WHO calls for more DDT use vs. malaria
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060915/ap_on_he_me/malaria_ddt"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20060914/capt.cfca81ddd91c4acab96e20ac96bfc199.ddt_nyol230.jpg?x=130&y=95&sig=GlLJNpjcEMlHw5mYHAMbZA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="An Asian tiger mosquito, an invasive, disease-carrying pest, is shown in this 2001 file photo. The World Health Organization is poised to promote broader use of the pesticide DDT in the battle against malaria. Long banned in the United States because of environmental damage, DDT is used legally in a few impoverished countries to kill malaria-bearing mosquitoes. (AP Photo/Jim Newman, University of Florida/IFAS)" border="0" /></a>AP - The World Health Organization on Friday called on more developing countries, particularly in Africa, to begin spraying the controversial pesticide DDT to fight malaria.</p><br clear="all"/>

 
 

 
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