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2025-04-01 01:49:43 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 77DE86145E49D45195ABD15836DEC554BA4A82971B5A04537D4DFF32C8D1E453
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Original Note:
"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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