A Skeptic Promotes DDT...Again
Just in case we aren't already on the same page that getting your science information from people who call themselves babes is a bad idea, Yvette d'Entremont Ross (SciBabe) decided to make sure it was heard loud and clear with her "Moment of Science" dated January 30, 2021.
While the world is upside down and on fire, we can all take great comfort in the fact that Yvette is out there swooshing her lab coat over to the computer to type up a citation-less, expletive-peppered missive in defense of toxic chemicals and launch it onto her Facebook page.
Here is the TL;DR version -
Early pesticides were very toxic and bad!
Enter organic chemistry...
DDT saves half a billion lives! Wow!
DDT safe!
DDT safe!
Everything's a chemical!
Rachel Carson's book is just overblown bullshit!
Okay so DDT was sorta bad for some birds...and it's a persistent organic pollutant...
It's also a probable carcinogen, but coffee, so just ignore that.
Risk is something I'm going gloss over in this sentence.
INVOKE 500 MILLION LIVES STAT AGAIN FOR MIC DROP
"DDT is good for me-e-e!" 🎶
People will know I'm full of shit when they read this, but...
Oh well!
There is a veritable library of information on this topic, should readers wish to learn more about the history of DDT and malaria that Yvette seems to think isn't "nuanced" enough to include in her hastily written Facebook take.
This isn't the first time SciBabe has used her platform to share myths about DDT, and it probably won't be the last.