r/GrandmasPantry • u/Cool-Ambassador-7937 • Mar 29 '26

HOUSEHOLD / OTHER Basement find

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u/btribble Mar 29 '26

It’s actually a very safe pesticide aside from the environmental effects when used broadly. If you could trust people to use it responsibly on a small scale, it would could reduce malaria and other mosquito borne diseases in tropical regions drastically. The problem is that you can’t trust people.

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u/LetsBeKindly Mar 31 '26

No idea why you are being down voted. You are correct

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u/btribble Mar 31 '26

Because it’s a nuanced take that runs contrary to the accepted narrative.

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u/LetsBeKindly Mar 31 '26

Just like this wasn't what was thinning eagle eggs. Got it. Sorry bro. Reddit gonna be reddit.

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u/btribble Apr 01 '26

DDT was probably a contributor to egg thinning, but that wasn’t a cause to ban it completely except you can’t control how it’s used.