re: #28 Obdicut

DDT is very useful, and is great at malarial control. It is only good in that role, however, if it is NOT commonly used as a pesticide, otherwise the populations gain an immunity to it quickly. So, the general DDT bans on crop sprays actually increase its effectiveness as an anti-malaria tactic.

That’s interesting. I hadn’t thought of that before but the immunity issue makes perfect sense.

Does limiting the use of DDT like that significantly reduce the environmental damage?