"I have recently been informed that a couple weeks ago I had the distinct honor of being ‘Lamberted.’ That is, I was the object of a tirade by Australian blogger Tim Lambert, a computer science professor who fancies himself an expert on everything from DDT to climate change.
Lambert is one of the “DDT deniers” I reference in my book Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism Is Hazaardous to Your Health. Following the lead of his idol, Silent Spring author Rachel Carson, Lambert continues to promote the untruth that third-world countries ceased using DDT because the insecticide became ineffective due to mosquito resistance. Eco-Freaks explains the concept of resistance and details Carson and Lambert’s misunderstanding and/or misrepresentatons of these facts. (Tim, to use an analogy from your field of computer science, you wouldn’t forgo the best antivirus software simply because a hacker could develop a new super-virus that could get around it.)
Before I get to the “meat” of Lambert’s criticism (and, when you cut through all the rhetorical “fat,” it’s an awfully slim bone), let me again repeat that is indeed an honor to become the target of his attacks. This is because it puts me in such distinguished company. Several of my colleagues, such as Iain Murray, have had the pleasure of being “Lamberted.” I also join New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and editorial writer Tina Rosenberg, courageous liberals who deviated from the anti-DDT eco-orthodoxy, as one of the objects of Lambert’s venom. He is also none-too-happy that the World Health Organization, taking its cue from malariologists rather than crank computer scientists, recently reversed its long-held postition and now recommends DDT spraying “in areas with constant and high malaria transmission.”
What is it that has raised Lambert’s ire about yours truly? Lambert’s attack on me happened after Instapundit’s eminent blogger Glenn Reynolds linked to commented on my OpenMarket blog entry “The Don Imuses of Envrionmentalism,” about racist and outrageous quotes from prominent environmentalists. Lambert accused me of being a “quote doctor.” Yet a review of Lambert’s “refutations” shows it is Lambert who is attempting to perform the emergency “triage” surgery — to fix quotes embarrassing to the environmental movement...
Read the complete blog post here: http://www.openmarket.org/2007/05/04/the-honor-of-being-lamberted/#more-1411
'Mark my words, within a few years you will see greenpeacers on trial for genocide.
They won't be what you'd call the "usual suspects." Those who will be hung or imprisoned for genocide will be those who sold out their corporate interests to greenies.
Rachael Carson could be indicted, but being dead, she's beyond the reach of the law. But if there is justice in the afterlife, demons are poking her flabby buttocks with manure forks. And they will do so, for at least as long as it takes for Africans to enjoy the freedom from disease that others have. - Schiller
RAOTFLMAO! My goodness Thurkettle I take a break from this blog only to find your paranoia has escalalted into full scale mania in my absence.. lay off the mescalin it is seriously not good for you.
Is John Berlau's book' Eco-Freaks: Environmentalism Is Hazaardous to Your Health' the one that claims in its marketing blurb that Asbestos isn't dangerous?
What do you reckon Jennifer said about WWF that is untrue?
Will Jen Marohasy apologise for her untruthful slur against WWF?
Ann (bless her) points us to wobbly plastics (PVC)
Given that I once worked alongside the largest benzene storage in the southern hemisphere and often monitored the chlorine gas plant escapes by visual means I had to read between the lines on a daily basis.
One survives in these industries only by learning fast. A little mate working over the fence for a much longer period never quite understood how he made it through to retirement but his next of kin reminded us this year he became an “escaped” prisoner of war in Europe before returning to fight on the other side
Any one who doubts this Australian experience is advised to read our own literature from DDT to “How might I be exposed to phthalates”
Australian industry in 1943
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/625.html
http://www.chemlink.com.au/csr.htm
From industry to your home “state of knowledge report in 2001”
“Air toxics and indoor air quality in Australia”
http://www.environment.gov.au/atmosphere/airquality/publications/sok/phthalates.html
link to diabetes 2007
http://www.diabetesnsw.com.au/research_pages/PlasticChemicalLink.asp
myweb.westnet.com.au/ctarr/healthierhumans/toys.htm
and so on
Don't suck your dummy!