ANOTHER WINGNUT MYTH: DDT BAN

The wingnuts claim that 50 million people have died because of a ban on the use of DDT BUT THERE WAS NO BAN:

African countries adopt controversial deadly chemical, DDT, for malaria treatment
Tobore Ovuorie
Published: July 17,2013

The book, Silent Spring, published in 1962, suggested that DDT and other pesticides may cause cancer and that their agricultural use was a threat to wildlife and plants. Its publication birthed the environmental movement, and resulted in a large public outcry which eventually led to DDT being banned for agricultural use in the U.S. in 1972. More than 600,000 tonnes were applied in the U.S. before the 1972 ban.

The chemical was subsequently banned for agricultural use worldwide under the Stockholm Convention, but its limited use in disease vector control continues till date, but remains controversial.

Notwithstanding the controversies, 3314 tonnes were produced in 2009 for the control of malaria.