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Malaria Treatment FAQ: DDT (the most effective mosquito control agent ever created) was banned because it was supposed to be harmful to animals, but the link was never proved. So in it’s absence, how many millions of people, especially in Aftrica, have died from malarie because they did not have access to this agent?

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Malaria Treatment FAQ: a. DDT is no longer used in most of the world.
b. the mosquitoes that spread the malaria parasite have evolved immunity to the insecticides that control them.
c. global warming has led to a worldwide increase in the number of mosquitoes that spread the malaria parasite.
d. all of the above [...]

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