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WHO plans to reduce reliance on DDT to fight malaria

User Image tlambert | May 24, 2009
The United Nations Environment Programme and the World Health Organization have announced new projects to test methods for fighting malaria with less use of DDT: Ten projects, all part of the global programme "Demonstrating and Scaling-up of sustainable Alternatives to DDT in Vector Management", involving some 40 countries in Africa, the Eastern Mediterranean and Central Asia are set to test non-chemical methods ranging from eliminating potential mosquito breeding sites and securing homes with mesh screens to deploying mosquito-repellent trees and fish that eat mosquito larvae. The new…