Constant pressure from concerned scientists and public interest groups appears to be paying off for the people of Africa, as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has endorsed the ...

A contingent of nomadic people arrived in Duluth in a truck, establishing a camp just outside the city limits. Police Chief E.H. Barber ordered officers to arrest anyone attempting to tell fortunes on ...

“The world is losing the war against malaria,” states the Times‘ unnamed editorial writer. “Malaria today kills more than a million people a year in Africa alone. One reason is that wealthy nations ...

At the time, pesticides like DDT were seen as offering a glimpse of a better future, one where humans could control nature. DDT in particular promised to combat insects that carried diseases or ...

Data released Thursday by the federal Northern Contaminants Program shows high levels of the banned pesticide DDT in some ...

Public-health teams in 1950s Borneo focused on malaria control, and DDT spraying seemed like a simple way to lower mosquito numbers. The chemical reduced the spread of disease inside treated homes, ...

When DDT was first sprayed on large areas to kill insect pests, some naturalists issued grisly warnings that the poison would “upset the balance of nature” causing all sorts of unpredictable havoc. It ...

Few people can say they helped save an American symbol. But Carol Yannacone, formerly of Yaphank and Patchogue, was not like most people. As a co-founder of the Environmental Defense Fund, she helped ...