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The Right and Wrong Uses of DDT
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Sebastian Mallaby failed to acknowledge the peer-reviewed scientific literature that highlights risks of people's exposure to DDT. Those risks include impaired fertility, birth defects, infant mortality because of shortened lactation periods, preterm birth and spontaneous miscarriage.
The science on DDT is complex, with many dimensions. It is anything but the black-and-white case that Mr. Mallaby presented.
JOHN PETERSON MYERS
Charlottesville
