Balancing Risks on the Backs of the Poor

Nature Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 729-731, 2000

3 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2010

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Amir Attaran

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section; University of Ottawa - Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine

Donald R. Roberts

Government of the United States of America - Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Chris Curtis

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Wenceslaus L. Kilama

Malaria Foundation International

Date Written: 2000

Abstract

Malaria kills over one million people, mainly children, in the tropics each year, and DDT remains one of the few affordable, effective tools against the mosquitoes that transmit the disease. Attaran et al. explain that the scientific literature on the need to withdraw DDT is unpersuasive, and the benefits of DDT in saving lives from malaria are well worth the risks.

Suggested Citation

Attaran, Amir and Attaran, Amir and Roberts, Donald R. and Curtis, Chris and Kilama, Wenceslaus L., Balancing Risks on the Backs of the Poor (2000). Nature Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 729-731, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1575326

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Donald R. Roberts

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Chris Curtis

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ( email )

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Wenceslaus L. Kilama

Malaria Foundation International ( email )

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Tanzania

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