Developing an international consensus on DDT: a balance of environmental protection and disease control

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants provides a framework for international action on 12 persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals of global concern. While production and use of most of the listed chemicals will shortly be eliminated, there is widespread agreement that DDT...

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Published in:International journal of hygiene and environmental health 2003-08, Vol.206 (4-5), p.423-435
Main Authors: Walker, Kathleen R., Ricciardone, Marie D., Jensen, Janice
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consensus
DDT
DDT - standards
Developing Countries
disease control
Environmental Health
Global Health
Humans
Insect Control - standards
Insecticides
International Cooperation
malaria
Persistent organic pollutants
Policy Making
Public Policy
Stockholm Convention
vector control
World Health Organization
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Summary:The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants provides a framework for international action on 12 persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemicals of global concern. While production and use of most of the listed chemicals will shortly be eliminated, there is widespread agreement that DDT will continue to be needed for disease vector control. Science played a key role in informing policy makers from developed and developing countries who drafted the DDT provision of the convention. This paper examines both the science and the politics that contributed to an international consensus on DDT.
ISSN:1438-4639
1618-131X
DOI:10.1078/1438-4639-00239