In Sub- Sahara Africa, malaria has killed four million citizens, and the number of cases have quadrupled since 1980. Unfortunately, Sub-Saharan countries can’t afford medication because it has a low economic growth rate. Since DDT is a very cheap and effective insecticide, governments in Sub- Sahara Africa use it to prevent malaria outbreaks. Even though DDT is cheap, it should not be used because it causes more harm than benefits: it has harmful chemicals that destroy the environment and kill insects In 1962, American Biologist Rachel Carson wrote a book, Silent Spring, on the environmental impact of spraying DDT. In Silent Spring, Carson questioned the logic of releasing large amounts of potentially dangerous chemicals into the environment
