PERKIN MEDAL GOES TO JAMES STEVENS - C&EN Global

Sep 25, 2006 - JAMES C. STEVENS, A CHEMist and research fellow in performance polymers and chemicals R&D at Dow Chemical, has received this year's ...
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INDOOR SPRAYING WITH DDT ENDORSED Controversial pesticide is safe and effective against malaria, W H O says LINE OF DEFENSE With WHO'S changing stance, DDT may be used more widely inside houses in Africa, like this one being sprayed with ?i-cyhalothrin.

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Health Organization strongly endorsed the indoor spraying of DDT to control malaria-carrying mosquitoes in developing countries. At a press conference, W H O spokesmen repeatedly called the pesticide "safe." The U.S. and other industrial-

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