Chapter 4, Derik Graham, Question 6

The part of this chapter that i found most interesting was the section on DDT and Malaria. It was shocking to find out that many health and environmental organizations have accepted DDT as useful. Wheelan explains that economically this makes sense because DDT is an inexpensive way to control Malaria and that the next most effective way is four times higher. Despite DDT's drastic negative effects it works fantastically to control Malaria, and Malaria has a high death rate. Wheelan explains that it is comparative to a 747 crashing everday. This is an extreme cost benefit analysis that chooses the lesser of two evils.