Comments on: The DDT Link http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/ Are You Buggin' Out Yet? Tue, 28 Apr 2009 07:12:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: idabob http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-209 idabob Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:27:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-209 WE DUMPED TONS AND TONS OF DDT OVER A VAST AMOUNT OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE. DUH NO WONDER WE HAD A PROBLEM. I'M ALL FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF SMALL, VERY CONTROLLED AMOUNTS OF DDT SPECIFICALLY FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONALS TO USE. BED BUGS ARE A PLAGUE. PROFESSIONAL EXTERMINATORS ARE EXPENSIVE AND ANOTHER INFESTATION CAN TAKE PLACE AFTER THE LESS EFFECTIVE POISON WEARS OFF. SO WHERE DO I JOIN THE LEGALIZE DDT POLITICAL ACTION GROUP? WE DUMPED TONS AND TONS OF DDT OVER A VAST AMOUNT OF INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SPACE. DUH NO WONDER WE HAD A PROBLEM. I’M ALL FOR THE LEGALIZATION OF SMALL, VERY CONTROLLED AMOUNTS OF DDT SPECIFICALLY FOR LICENSED PROFESSIONALS TO USE. BED BUGS ARE A PLAGUE. PROFESSIONAL EXTERMINATORS ARE EXPENSIVE AND ANOTHER INFESTATION CAN TAKE PLACE AFTER THE LESS EFFECTIVE POISON WEARS OFF. SO WHERE DO I JOIN THE LEGALIZE DDT POLITICAL ACTION GROUP?

]]> By: BrianFH http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-208 BrianFH Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:51:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-208 Just came across this site:<br/>http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/350785.shtml<br/><br/>Debunks the DDT solution and the visitor infection idea. The temperate bedbug, not the tropical one, is resurging here. And it is substantially resistant to DDT already. Bringing back DDT will be of no help. Just came across this site:
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2006/12/350785.shtml

Debunks the DDT solution and the visitor infection idea. The temperate bedbug, not the tropical one, is resurging here. And it is substantially resistant to DDT already. Bringing back DDT will be of no help.

]]> By: BrianFH http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-207 BrianFH Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:31:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-207 BTW, for those who are bothered by the itchy bites (some people don't react at all), use pure Glycerin USP on them. It takes down the swelling and kills the itch in 10 minutes or so. It can also be put in cups holding bed legs; it is a dessicant (water lover) and kills bugs that touch it by drying them out instantly. Totally non-toxic; you can use it as a gargle for bad breath (kills the bacteria on the back of the tongue, instantly). <br/><br/>Lots of other uses. Knocks down any inflammation, doubles healing speed and halves scarring, etc. BTW, for those who are bothered by the itchy bites (some people don’t react at all), use pure Glycerin USP on them. It takes down the swelling and kills the itch in 10 minutes or so. It can also be put in cups holding bed legs; it is a dessicant (water lover) and kills bugs that touch it by drying them out instantly. Totally non-toxic; you can use it as a gargle for bad breath (kills the bacteria on the back of the tongue, instantly).

Lots of other uses. Knocks down any inflammation, doubles healing speed and halves scarring, etc.

]]> By: BrianFH http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-206 BrianFH Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:27:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-206 Frank;<br/>also, controlled use in specific situations by PCOs, and I think household / hotel spraying for bedbugs would qualify.<br/><br/>It's a g-d good thing that BBs aren't a disease vector. If their bites were infectious I'd be dead a hundred times over. Frank;
also, controlled use in specific situations by PCOs, and I think household / hotel spraying for bedbugs would qualify.

It’s a g-d good thing that BBs aren’t a disease vector. If their bites were infectious I’d be dead a hundred times over.

]]> By: Frank http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Frank Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:45:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-205 The reason DDT was hurting the environment was because we were dumping tons of it everywhere. Parks, fields, crops, cities. EVERYWHERE. They can put it in a little bottle, Sell it at lowes, and the pests that were gone 50 years ago, and are now running us over, can go away again, and we wont be hurting the environment at the same time. The reason DDT was hurting the environment was because we were dumping tons of it everywhere. Parks, fields, crops, cities. EVERYWHERE. They can put it in a little bottle, Sell it at lowes, and the pests that were gone 50 years ago, and are now running us over, can go away again, and we wont be hurting the environment at the same time.

]]> By: Stevan http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Stevan Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:38:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-204 I think the real reason ddt was banned because in the poor third world countries people were actually not dying as much due to the fact of less mosquitos to spread disease; I believe that there is population control taking place in this world. How can you tell a country to stop using ddt, and let them kill each other; it seems clear what is going on here. I think the real reason ddt was banned because in the poor third world countries people were actually not dying as much due to the fact of less mosquitos to spread disease; I believe that there is population control taking place in this world. How can you tell a country to stop using ddt, and let them kill each other; it seems clear what is going on here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Anonymous Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:56:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-203 I can't seem to shake the feeling that we are all in for a rude awakening when it comes to pests. North America faces a huge a problem with Asian Long Horned Beetle which came from China and is in danger of killing off many of our trees. This insect has no natural predators here. So much for global trade. This is the price of having all those cheap trinkets from dollar stores. Let's face it we're killing the planet. What right do we have to ruin the other species? I would be interested in knowing what are the natural predators of the bedbug. Spiders? Centipedes? I never kill spiders because they eat other insects. Centipedes? <br/><br/>If DDT kills all the birds what natural predator is going to eat the outdoor insects like mosquitoes that carry malaria and West Nile? Insects have such a speedy life cycle compared to ours that its no wonder they can easily become resistant to pesticides. Lets use our heads before thinking that chemicals can solve all our problems. I still think its a matter of time (and karma) before every single household has bedbugs. <br/><br/>Why are we not protecting our borders from the most insinuous and tiniest terrors? I can’t seem to shake the feeling that we are all in for a rude awakening when it comes to pests. North America faces a huge a problem with Asian Long Horned Beetle which came from China and is in danger of killing off many of our trees. This insect has no natural predators here. So much for global trade. This is the price of having all those cheap trinkets from dollar stores. Let’s face it we’re killing the planet. What right do we have to ruin the other species? I would be interested in knowing what are the natural predators of the bedbug. Spiders? Centipedes? I never kill spiders because they eat other insects. Centipedes?

If DDT kills all the birds what natural predator is going to eat the outdoor insects like mosquitoes that carry malaria and West Nile? Insects have such a speedy life cycle compared to ours that its no wonder they can easily become resistant to pesticides. Lets use our heads before thinking that chemicals can solve all our problems. I still think its a matter of time (and karma) before every single household has bedbugs.

Why are we not protecting our borders from the most insinuous and tiniest terrors?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-202 Anonymous Mon, 25 Sep 2006 13:31:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-202 Rachel Carson is horrible, horrible, horrible. Silent Spring is a junk science book that has led to the death of thousands of people from malaria spread by mosquitoes, which could have been controlled using DDT.<br/><br/>We should figure out how to manufacture DDT in basement labs! Rachel Carson is horrible, horrible, horrible. Silent Spring is a junk science book that has led to the death of thousands of people from malaria spread by mosquitoes, which could have been controlled using DDT.

We should figure out how to manufacture DDT in basement labs!

]]> By: ls http://www.buggedout.org/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/comment-page-1/#comment-201 ls Wed, 20 Sep 2006 15:08:00 +0000 http://chiko917.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/the-ddt-link/#comment-201 Read Rachel Carson's <i>Silent Spring</i> before you blindly advocate using DDT again. DDT doesn't harm humans all that much, but destroying our environment does, totally, harm humans in the process. Read Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring before you blindly advocate using DDT again. DDT doesn’t harm humans all that much, but destroying our environment does, totally, harm humans in the process.

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