Bug girl has a pearl of a post on why folks like Steve Milloy and John Tierney are wrong to dismiss DDT resistance as a problem.
As well as knocking down their claims, she provides a handy introduction to the mechanisms for DDT resistance. Go read.
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One reason John Tierney should be cautious about his doubts about insect resistance to insecticide is that Tierney seems never to know anything about which he speaks, and what he writes is shallow, regurgitated talking points from industry hack groups and cranks.