Bug Girl on insecticide resistance

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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