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2023-08-13 17:29:18 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EB7ED4475B01596A3502606752145DDDD3836718FFD674AAD61A916D4AA266E9
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Toxic pesticide DDT not linked to polio. DDT use wasn't halted until 1972. Polio paralysis cases pre vaccine were 15,000 annually. Following the introduction of polio vaccines in 1955 the number of polio cases fell rapidly to less than 100 in the 1960s https://www.cdc.gov/polio/us/index.html https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-polio-vaccine-ddt-pesticide-480376540979
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