PBS program on global health starts Nov. 1

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Originally Posted by Roland98

I think using it inside houses is a good idea. It's fairly cheap and effective, and as mentioned, the environmental effects were from spraying it far and wide--something I don't think many people would support.

Ah, okay. When the guy said they wanted to use it on houses I didn't catch that the idea was to use it inside houses, so I didn't understand why spraying houses would be so much different from spraying fields. I should read more about DDT. All I've heard my whole life is that it's bad bad bad without any detail, and if some applications of it aren't really all that bad it sucks that people are dying from something that it could be used to prevent.

No kidding. I was wondering if they'd talk about Guinea worms (WARNING--graphic pics on the site, not for the faint of heart).

Tonight's show should be good as well; I assume they'll spend a decent chunk of time talking about avian flu, and general pandemic preparedness.

I'm looking forward to it.

Oh, California's use of sentinel chickens to forewarn about West Nile was cool, too.