Tulane is offering a free web course: “Vectors of Disease in Disasters“.
“The course not only covers the description of the principal vectors encountered in times of disasters, such as the typical species of rats, mosquitoes, and flies, but also how to easily identify between the species by common methods employed in the loss of usual [...]
If you haven’t heard of Dr. Boli…well, he’s rather hard to explain. Sort of a Victorian-era Monty Python?
He recently explained how homeopathic malaria remedies are prepared:
“As mosquitoes are the primary cause of malaria, homoeopathic remedies and preventatives for malaria are naturally made from mosquitoes in highly diluted form. One or two mosquitoes suffice to produce [...]
(Actually, World Malaria Day 2008 was yesterday; I just got involved in some stuff that kept me from posting this until today.)
“World Malaria Day is an opportunity for malaria-free countries to learn about the devastating consequences of the disease and for new donors to join a global partnership against malaria. It is an occasion for [...]
So many cool things on the web right now!
Zooilogix has an interview with Justin Schmidt, the originator of the Schmidt pain index.
Ugly Overload reports on a new species of tick spider. (it isn’t really a true spider, or a true tick. It’s one of these.) They also have some very beautiful photos of a [...]
February 3, 2008 – 9:53 am
Wag of the antennae to Millard Fillmore for finding this:
Eugene Kenaga International DDT Conference on Environment and Health
DDT: What We Know; What Do We Need to Know?
On March 14, 2008, Alma College, in Alma, Mich., is hosting a conference examining what is known about the impact of DDT on human health and the environment.
I am [...]
October 10, 2007 – 9:50 am
Two papers came out in the last couple of weeks that concern malaria and mosquitoes. In the first paper, the role of bromeliads as a breeding site for vectors of malaria in South America was examined. A nice example of basic biology and life history work contributing to understanding of human disease.
The second paper [...]
October 9, 2007 – 5:21 pm
in a “Perspectives” article in Environmental Science and Technology. Regrettably, the primary entomologist they talked to was Donald Roberts, who is about as Pro-DDT as you can get. Although Roberts is quoted heavily, as a whole the article contains reasonable information:
“Rick Steketee, director of science for the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa, a [...]
September 22, 2007 – 5:25 pm
FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), one of the most interesting magazines out there, has a new article on the “Rachel Carson is evil/DDT will save the planet” insanity in the media.
I think they pretty much sum up why an idea that is unsupported by facts has such staying power:
“At one level, these articles send [...]
September 16, 2007 – 8:39 pm
For those of you following the attempts to resurrect DDT as the saviour of mankind, Ed at Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub has a great new post in which he links an old TV drama to DDT and it’s apologists. Check it out!
I have been AWOL lately in my writings on DDT–it’s just been the semester [...]
September 5, 2007 – 11:09 am
So, today I find a link from something called “worldhealthorganizationenhancementblogs” back to my site ( I haven’t reproduced the link.)
They have scalped a post of mine about malaria and the WHO, and even included the copyright disclaimer and a link back to my blog!! What cheek!
It is, of course, a site that sells “enhancements” [...]
