The article doesn't leave it out. It also discusses the (frankly insane, but well documented) history of the tobacco industry using that narrative as a "morality tale about one poison, to sell another poison".
Yes, DDT was useful in malaria eradication - and would have been more useful for that purpose if it had been restricted from its most important economic use case as an agricultural pesticide.
Remember: it was agricultural use Carson (and others) argued against, and it was due to agricultural use immunity spread so it's no longer useful for vector control.
Yes, DDT was useful in malaria eradication - and would have been more useful for that purpose if it had been restricted from its most important economic use case as an agricultural pesticide.
Remember: it was agricultural use Carson (and others) argued against, and it was due to agricultural use immunity spread so it's no longer useful for vector control.