"ඩී.ඩී.ටී" හි සංශෝධන අතර වෙනස්කම්

In the 1970s and 1980s, agricultural use was banned in most developed countries, beginning with [[Hungary]] in 1968<ref>{{

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The [[Stockholm Convention]], which took effect in 2004, outlawed several [[persistent organic pollutant]]s, and restricted DDT use to [[vector control]]. The Convention has been ratified by more than 160 countries and is endorsed by most environmental groups. Recognizing that total elimination in many malaria-prone countries is currently unfeasible because there are few affordable or effective alternatives, public health use is exempt from the ban pending acceptable alternatives. Malaria Foundation International states, "The outcome of the treaty is arguably better than the status quo going into the negotiations...For the first time, there is now an insecticide which is restricted to vector control only, meaning that the selection of resistant mosquitoes will be slower than before."<ref>{{