"Doug McDonald" > wrote:
> wff_ng_7 wrote:
>
>> For all those who claim this is just a "chicken little" reaction to the
>> issue, perhaps you should read the very good book "Silent Spring" and look
>> into how the author Rachel Carson was branded as an alarmist at the time. It
>> might seem like ancient history to some (being over 40 years ago), but her
>> concerns turned out to be quite prophetic.
>
> Well, sort of.
>
> Rachel Carson is the one single person responsible for the largest number of
> deaths
> of children in the history of mankind. Estimates are between 80 and
> 200 million children dead because of her. Even the most conservative possible
> is
> about 20 million. The ideas in her book lead to these deaths, directly. They
> are only
> today being corrected.
>
> That's a lot of dead children, dying painful deaths from malaria, because
> she got the most useful (effective and cheap) chemical for fighting
> mosquitos banned. No other method has proven effective in poor countries.

You really ought to get your facts straight. I think you've been listening to
the American Enterprise Institute and other right wing groups a bit too much.
There is just so much wrong with your little story I wouldn't know where to
begin. And I know you wouldn't listen. You probably still believe in the Saddam
Hussein/Al Queda connection fairy tale too.

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