Those DDT claims are mythology spread as part of a coordinated political attack. It was never banned for malaria eradication but the actual scientists running those campaigns knew as early as the 1950s that mosquitos were rapidly evolving resistance to the point where it was becoming ineffective.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;crookedtimber.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;14&#x2F;zombie-ddt-ban-myth-reanimated&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;crookedtimber.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;07&#x2F;14&#x2F;zombie-ddt-ban-myth-rean...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;timpanogos.wordpress.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;07&#x2F;10&#x2F;ddt-the-problems-the-whorachel-carson-critics-dont-want-you-to-know&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;timpanogos.wordpress.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;07&#x2F;10&#x2F;ddt-the-problems...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;membracid.wordpress.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;06&#x2F;29&#x2F;ddt-and-attacks-on-rachel-carson-the-cliffsnote-version&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;membracid.wordpress.com&#x2F;2007&#x2F;06&#x2F;29&#x2F;ddt-and-attacks-o...</a><p>It&#x27;s not completely clear why this myth keeps circulating but there&#x27;s reason to believe that at least part was funded as part of a broader attack on the WHO after their successful public health campaigns cut into tobacco company profitS:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scienceblogs.com&#x2F;deltoid&#x2F;2007&#x2F;05&#x2F;30&#x2F;who-put-out-the-contract-on-ra&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;scienceblogs.com&#x2F;deltoid&#x2F;2007&#x2F;05&#x2F;30&#x2F;who-put-out-the-c...</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.prospectmagazine.co.uk&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;rehabilitatingcarson" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.prospectmagazine.co.uk&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;rehabilitatingcar...</a>