total global ban on DDT

Task 1: Develop arguments and evidence to support a total global ban on DDT

Task 2: Develop arguments and evidence to support the ending of all regulations on DDT

Task 3: Describe what is meant by “indoor residual spraying” of DDT: https://www.cdc.gov/malaria/malaria_worldwide/reduction/irs.html

Task 4: Briefly describe why the theWHOrecommendeduseofindoor residual spraying in 2006: https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2006/pr50/en/

Task 5: Describe what this article from 2014 says about indoor residual spraying of DDT for malarial control: https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20141208/indoor-ddt-spraying-failed-to-add-additional-protection-against-malaria

Write one paragraph to give an answer to the Task 6 question.

Task 6 (independently for each student): What do you think is the ”right” policy for DDT, given the evidence chain above?

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