Transcription of DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud
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DDT: A Case Study in Scientific Fraud
J. Gordon Edwards, of Pesticides to HumanityABSTRACTThe chemical compound that has saved more human lives thanany other in history, DDT, was banned by order of one man, thehead of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Publicpressure was generated by one popular book and sustained byfaulty or fraudulent research. Widely believed claims ofcarcinogenicity, toxicity to birds, anti-androgenic properties, andprolonged environmental persistence are false or grosslyexaggerated. The worldwide effect of the ban has beenmillions of preventable in science is a major problem. A 2002 report published bythe American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)on Fraud in science in Germany stated that InternationalScientific Misconduct Rules should punish deliberate or grosslynegligent falsification or fabrication of data, and that failure tocooperate with investigations will be considered an admission ofguilt.
On May 15, 1975, the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency (EPA) released a report claiming that people in the United States were ingesting 15 milligrams of DDT every day.
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