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Rachel Carson & DDT
Rachel Carson never attempted to ban the use of DDT in fighting malaria. She attempted to ban its overuse as a pesticide in foodstuffs. It was the incompetence and misapplication of the DDT ban by the UN which prevented DDT's use in Africa.
Blaming her for the failure to use DDT against malaria is like blaming people who object to the use of chlorine gas in warfare for the failure to use chlorine in swimming pools.
The link is too tenuous.