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MORE ON DENGUE FEVER, here and here. And here?s a map showing re-infestation since the end of DDT. ?

By Glenn Reynolds

MORE ON DENGUE FEVER, here and here. And here’s a map showing re-infestation since the end of DDT. On the other hand, in response to my post yesterday a UT entomologist and InstaPundit reader emails: ” Few, if any, of my entomological colleagues advocate the return of DDT for controlling mosquitoes. There are a variety of other insecticides that are quite able to fill the bill ( without the hysteria associated with any mention of DDT).”

Meanwhile, another reader sends this on DDT.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on May 26, 2010 (boomark / email).