The never-ending DDT hoax

Lisa Payola is OK! de Pasqaule writes:

In the spirit of Conservative Shopping Day and celebrating conservative ingenuity, JunkScience.com has just released "the world's first pro-DDT, anti-malaria t-shirt." The t-shirt launch is part of an educational program to help debunk the myths surrounding the pesticide DDT. Environmental groups have blocked DDT use for more than 30 years despite the fact that more than one million people, mostly children under 5, die every year from malaria. Part of the proceeds from t-shirt sales will go to FightingMalaria.org.

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Now I have the Neverending Story theme stuck in my head! CURSE YOU!!!

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