Balancing Risks on the Backs of the Poor
Nature Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 729-731, 2000
3 Pages Posted: 25 Mar 2010
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: 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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