Friday, May 25, 2007

Environmental Genocide

Here's something you may have missed on the front page of the NY Times, because it will never be there, but from the Patriot Post newsletter:

The Washington Post published a puff piece celebrating Rachel
Carson’s 100th birthday (she died in 1964). Why is that important, you ask? In
1962, Carson wrote the best-selling book Silent Spring, which “led to the
banning of the pesticide DDT, the launch of modern environmentalism and her
enshrinement as a kind of patron saint of nature,” wrote reporter David
Fahrenthold.


To the average reader, that may sound laudable, but
consider this: The American Council on Science and Health says, “The results [of
the DDT ban] were disastrous: at least 1-2 million people continue to die from
malaria each year, 30-60 million or more lives needlessly lost since the ban
took effect,” mostly in sub-Saharan Africa. The Post addressed this by saying
Carson’s actions “have remained controversial.” You don’t say! Even the World
Health Organization has endorsed the use of DDT to combat malaria in poor
countries. The Post, of course, forgot to mention this inconvenient truth. Or
perhaps it’s just that modern environmentalism is often far more interested in a
political agenda than human life.



I've heard this, but never knew the extent of this modern day Holocaust until now. Too shocking to comprehend!

Also read this eyewitness report: Activist DDT Opposition Prolongs African Malaria, Misery, Death.