Push to fund DDT in fight against malaria in Africa

Now, even as wealthy nations approve aid for Africa to fight malaria, critics say that by not explicitly authorizing the use of DDT, Western environmental standards are being applied to the developing world, where long-term, often unproven, risks take precedence over immediate needs - at a cost of thousands of lives.

\"It\'s ecoimperialism,\" says Richard Tren, head of Africa Fighting Malaria, an independent organization which advocates the use of DDT. \"DDT is not permitted in Sweden. Well, that\'s well and good. But you\'re not going to die of malaria in Sweden.\"