Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, DDT & Malaria:

Public Versus Environmental Health?

(A Film Series)

Instructions:

This is a film series designed to familiarize the participant with the historical use, application and subsequent banning of DDT to control the spread of Malaria in the interest of addressing the question of whether such banning pits public health versus environmental health interests. Those wishing to receive course credit for this exercise must additionally purchase and read the following books and read the attached articles in addition to viewing the films. The two texts are NOT available in the FGCU bookstore and will need to be purchased online. To receive credit for this assignment read ALL readings and watch ALL videos and write a 20 page essay answering the question of whether human health is being sacrificed by continuing to ban DDT from use to prevent mosquito borne Malaria. All work must be cited and referenced in APA format and include one inch margins and be typed in 12 pica type (New Times Roman).

Books & Articles:

• Rachel Carson, Silent Spring (1962)

• Donald Roberts & Richard Tren, The Excellent Powder: DDT's Political and Scientific History (2010)

• Brenda Eskenazi (et.al.) "The Pine River Statement: Human Health Consequences of DDT Use."  Journal of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.

• Todd Seavey, "The DDT Ban Turns 30 - Millions Dead of Malaria Because of Ban, More Deaths Likely," American Council on Science and Health (June, 2012).

• Thomas H. Jukes, "DDT, Human Health and the Environment," Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review Vol. 1, Issue 3 (1971).

• Marla Cone, "Should DDT Be Used to Combat Malaria?" Scientific American. (May 4, 2009)

Films:

DDT & the Historic Battle Against Malaria

• The Winged Scourge (Walt Disney Films, 1943)

• Malaria (Yale Open Course: Chapters 3 & 5)

• DDT: Weapon Against Disease (1945)

• Soldier From the Tropics: How Malaria Could Spread in the United States

• Fred Soper: Wiping Out Malaria

The Case Against DDT

• Health Hazards of Pesticides (CDC) (1958)

• DDT's Rise and Fall

• Dying to Be Heard: MSU, Rachel Carson & DDT

• Rachel Carson & Silent Spring (Part One)

• Rachel Carson & Silent Sprint (Part Two)

Public Versus Environmental Health

• Not Evil Just Wrong: Rachel Carson & DDT

• The DDT Wars

• Demonizing DDT: Challenging the Scare Campaign That Has Cost Millions of Lives

• DDT: John Stossel's Interview of Richard Tern Author of The Excellent Powder

• Insects Versus Human Health: J. Gordon Edwards, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus in Biology, San Jose State University