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2025-03-30 18:32:11 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

"The countries that still make DDT… are where we’re still seeing this paralytic polio situation happen.” This is false. South Africa uses DDT https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354227862_Ongoing_Use_and_Monitoring_of_DDT_in_South_Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024040854 and there is not polio there. The last case of polio was reported in South Africa in 1989. https://www.gov.za/news/events/health-awareness-events/national-polio-eradication-awareness-weekh

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• "The countries that still make DDT… are where we’re still seeing this paralytic polio situation happen.” This is false. South Africa uses DDT https://www.researchgate.net/publication/354227862_Ongoing_Use_and_Monitoring_of_DDT_in_South_Africa https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844024040854 and there is not polio there. The last case of polio was reported in South Africa in 1989. https://www.gov.za/news/events/health-awareness-events/national-polio-eradication-awareness-weekh