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2005-01-18 International-UN-NGOs

UN report suggests ~~War on Poverty~~ solutions

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Posted by Fred 2005-01-18 00:00:00|| || Front Page|| [11130 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Divert money from Kyoto compliance and buy those people netting!

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-01-18 12:53:54 AM|| 2005-01-18 12:53:54 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 What they really need is DDT to kill the breeding mosquitos -- bed nets are more expensive, and have been demonstrated to be only minimally effective at best (which is slightly better than totally ineffective, after all). But those in power, having taken full advantage of DDT in their own countries, will now not allow it to those 3rd world countries that desperately need it. /rant

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-18 7:13:00 AM|| 2005-01-18 7:13:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 em>I know, we had this yesterday.

Trolling for comments? Why not just mention he-who-shall-not-be-named? After all, this is his favorite tranzi organization at its favorite work, stealing from those who make to subsidize those who don't.

Posted by Mrs. Davis 2005-01-18 7:30:17 AM|| 2005-01-18 7:30:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Here's Scott Ott's take on it.

Posted by Steve from Relto 2005-01-18 9:27:45 AM|| 2005-01-18 9:27:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 #1 - lol!

Posted by 2b 2005-01-18 9:36:07 AM|| 2005-01-18 9:36:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 WashTimes had a good piece today on DDT rather than the politically correct bed netting. DDT has been found to not have any harmful affects, despite the damning press.

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-18 9:55:47 AM|| 2005-01-18 9:55:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Per WashTimes, "The butcher's bill from the tsunami that hit Southeast Asia and East Africa last month is broaching the 200,000 mark. That number, as tragic as it is, could be increased by some magnitudes if something isn't done immediately to halt the onset of malaria, which has already been detected in Indonesia. Yet, inexplicably, the most effective way to combat malaria â spraying the insecticide DDT â is not being used by the world's leading aid organizations. Instead, we're giving those most at risk bed nets. Why? Because of baseless Western fears that DDT is more dangerous to humans than malaria, which causes 2 to 3 million deaths every year." (more)

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-18 9:58:10 AM|| 2005-01-18 9:58:10 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 hey..I'm with you on the need for DDT. But let's not delude ourselves that DDT isn't harmful. You are spraying a deadly poison in the air. It's a cost/benefit thing.

It almost wiped out the pelicans and other birds because it weakened the shells so it has a negative effect on the environment.

Let's not stick our head in the sand just for the sake of being able to make the point that there is a valid reason to use it.

Posted by 2b 2005-01-18 10:16:31 AM|| 2005-01-18 10:16:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 True enough, 2b. But do it quickly and effectively, and the damage will be short-term. Shoot, the DDT levels needn't even be as high as was used in the old days. In the 1950s my father discovered a catalyst (or something) that made DDT more effective at significantly lower levels. Unfortunately, Rachel Carson's Silent Spring came out the next year, so he never was able to get it into production. But what Daddy can do, so can others, and may well have done.

Posted by trailing wife 2005-01-18 11:30:55 AM|| 2005-01-18 11:30:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 More than 500 million people can escape abject poverty if rich countries double development aid over the next 10 years, according to a new UN-sponsored report.

I'll consider giving their silly report a look when they dispense with the idea of appropriating even more money out of the pockets of the U.S. taxpayer.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-01-18 12:26:34 PM|| 2005-01-18 12:26:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Actually, 2b, you are incorrect about how DDT is applied: it's lightly sprayed on the walls of the homes to kill the bugs when they land there to rest. One treatment is good for 6 months, at a cost of about 2 cents US.

Posted by Ptah 2005-01-18 12:32:28 PM|| [http://www.crusaderwarcollege.org] 2005-01-18 12:32:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 "The goals are not utopian. They are eminently achievable,"

Karl Marx - he's alive!

Posted by Raj 2005-01-18 2:35:42 PM|| 2005-01-18 2:35:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 The UN plans, the US pays

Posted by Captain America 2005-01-18 5:25:57 PM|| 2005-01-18 5:25:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 Not this time. Not any more. Not if I can help it .....

Posted by true nuff 2005-01-18 9:11:18 PM|| 2005-01-18 9:11:18 PM|| Front Page Top

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