http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3449 News on pesticide science, policy and activism Thu, 16 May 2013 16:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3449#comment-88448 Bethany Nichols Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:03:51 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3449#comment-88448 Dear sir,
Please remember Rachel Carson and her warnings! We have options instead of the use of DDT. We can educate and provide bednets. The long-term problems due to pesticides are such a high price to pay!

]]> http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3449#comment-88395 Kathy Gaita Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:45:33 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3449#comment-88395 Thank you for addressing this issue. PMI efforts 2010 include distributing sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) to pregnant women. This is a prescription drug that the malaria parasite had proven resistance to 10 years ago. The cheap artemisinin combination therapies, ACTs, are accessible and effective. A one-pill-a-day, 3 day treatment costs $1.50 per child under 5 years of age. Integrated Pest Management and the use of effective ACTs is the humane way to assist.

]]> http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3449#comment-88388 rhonda leanne hume Fri, 16 Apr 2010 17:26:06 +0000 http://www.beyondpesticides.org/dailynewsblog/?p=3449#comment-88388 Let’s not trade one tragic problem for another.

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