Bug girl has a pearl of a post on why folks like Steve Milloy and John Tierney are wrong to dismiss DDT resistance as a problem.
As well as knocking down their claims, she provides a handy introduction to the mechanisms for DDT resistance. Go read.
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Bug girl has discovered the Carson-killed-millions claims by the likes of Steve Milloy, Angela Logomasini and John Tierney and decided to:
focus on the stuff that as an entomologist, I'm uniquely qualified to comment on. I know about bugs. I know about pesticides. I've taught parasitology for over…
While the New York Times has some great reporting on science (eg Carl Zimmer and Andrew Revkin it also has some poor quality reporting (eg William Broad and Tina Rosenberg. John Tierney's latest column fits into the second category, with the usual ill-supported claims that Carson killed many many…
You may have noticed that there wasn't the usual 3,000 word heapin' helpin' of Insolence this morning. That's because I happened to be away visiting family in Chicago over the weekend and I just didn't have time to come up with anything--and I enjoyed myself too thoroughly to worry overmuch about…
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I think I've repeated that Milloy was not…
One reason John Tierney should be cautious about his doubts about insect resistance to insecticide is that Tierney seems never to know anything about which he speaks, and what he writes is shallow, regurgitated talking points from industry hack groups and cranks.