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Your search for: ddt AND resistance


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Books on: ddt resistance

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Journal Articles on: ddt resistance

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Magazine Articles on: ddt resistance

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Newspaper Articles on: ddt resistance

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    DDT: Malaria's Answer in Africa? 2 Million Die Each Year from Disease
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 16, 2002
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...control, mosquitoes began to develop a resistance to DDT when it was widely used on farms. "No one is arguing that DDT should be used in agriculture again," said Mr. Roberts. "It is true, DDT kills birds, but the primary source...
     
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    DDT for West Nile
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 16, 2002
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...including insect control. So much less DDT would be used today - if that is...mosquitoes eventually would develop resistance to DDT are off-base. While some mosquitoes...mosquitoes spend less time in areas where DDT has been applied. This still reduces...
     
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    WHO Backs DDT to Rid Malaria; Pesticide Gets 'Clean Bill of Health'; Use Urged to Save Africans
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 16, 2006
    Subjects: 
    World Health Organization
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...money has gone to purchase DDT, which is currently made...recommendation met with some resistance within WHO, and since he...nations that might begin using DDT. Ugandan exporters recently...spraying programs using DDT pose no harm to wildlife...
     
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    At What Cost?
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 28, 2009
    Subjects: 
    Persistent organic pollutants
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...amounts during the vulnerable stages of life. DDT use is often ineffective. Resistance to DDT was identified in Africa as early as 1955, according...conducted for the World Health Organization. DDT appears to have the greatest effect in the formative...
     
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    Africa Malaria Day; Musicians and Others to Raise Awareness of 'Disease of Poverty'
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 25, 2006
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...a room that has been sprayed with DDT, and those that do usually fly away...sprayed wall, it will die quickly. Resistance to DDT use in Africa is waning. Numerous...studies have found that, for humans, DDT is less poisonous than aspirin...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ddt resistance

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    Tropical Medicine
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...efficient synthetic antimalarial drugs. DDT, introduced in World War II to...environment, and the persistent use of DDT in China for rice pests has produced DDT-resistant mosquitoes that now carry malaria. Resistance of the malarial parasite to chloroquine...
     
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    Insecticides
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Europe in 1939 of the insecticidal value of DDT , a synthetic organic compound, led to...defeating, provoking the development of resistance by target pests, sabotaging ecological...many chlorinated hydrocarbon standbys: DDT, benzene hexachloride, lindane, aldrin...
     
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    Pesticide
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...be chemically manufactured (e.g., DDT, 2,4-D). Natural predators and other...higher the animal is in the food chain. DDT , for example, severely reduced the rate...and plant breeding for inherent pest resistance. See R. Carson, Silent Spring (1962...
     
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    Malaria
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...chloroquine. The use of chloroquine, in addition to the use of DDT for mosquito control, was expected to eradicate the disease...the 1960s several strains of the malarial parasite developed resistance to chloroquine. This, plus the growing immunity of mosquitoes...
     

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