Well, read the damned evaluations a bit more closely. Do you think it's not used in the US because no one wants to?

I happen to agree with you in that DDT is probably a great option for Africa. They do not have great conditions. I had a Tanzanian point to a hospital and say that people were lying two to a bed. I told him that there were HMOs in the US, too.

And, many, many of them are resistant to methods and procedures which aren't used in First World countries. Not all, but some.

For instance, ketamine. Used in the US for veterinary anesthesia, has been used in the US for people anasthesia. No longer, as people tend to hallucinate. It is widely used in the US as a recreational drug, but since it causes unconsciousness in larger doses it is not at all safe.

It's cheap through legitimate channels. I don't know why it's so cheap, but it is. It's effective, and it's got some minimal side effects. There is no use using it in the US when other drugs are so widely available.

Many African health authorities will not use it, even though it is very inexpensive and they could get it when they couldn't get other drugs. Rationale is that it isn't used in the US.

While DDT could undoubtedly prevent more problems than it causes, I would guess that charges of genocide, among others, would be raised.

Gotta go.

Arf