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		hartror on July 16, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The World’s Last Worm: A Dreaded Disease Nears Era... The argument is that DDT causes at least as many deaths as malaria and loads of collateral damage in the ecosystem. There are significant advances on the horizon that look to be the solution to malaria.

slurgfest on July 16, 2012 [–]

malaria is particularly widespread, so some pretty strong evidence would be required to establish that DDT killed more people than malaria.

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