Part two
by Dr. J. Gordon Edwards
U.S. Policy Is 3rd World Tragedy
In many parts of the world, drug-resistant form of falciparum malaria developed shortly after the irresponsible environmentalist prevented rapid eradication of the parasites. Unlike the rather mild vivax type of malaria that predominated in Sri Lanka, this “resistant falciparum malaria” may kill up to 40% of its victims who suffer relapses. The hazard is no longer limited to the blacks and Asians in those countries where Global 2000 advocates seek to drastically reduce human populations by the year 2000. The deadly form of malaria now threatens many world travelers and may well become established in North America and Europe in the future. The industrialized nations may yet pay a very high price for their submission to the environmental extremists!
It is not only the insect-borne diseases that decimate human populations. The bans and restrictions on essential agricultural chemicals have contributed greatly to the daily toll of humans dying of starvation, malnutrition and numerous other effects of dietary inadequacies. In many countries, people have been so weakened that they cannot work effectively in the fields, and are also much more susceptible to lethal illnesses that healthy individuals would survive.
More than 40,000 children starve to death every day, according to the Agency for International Development, and that adds up to 15 million horrible deaths a year! Furthermore, malnourished children will never develop their full brain capacity, which promises great difficulty in future years for the nations with persistent food shortages. It is now known that protein deficiency in the diet leads to marasmus and kwasiokor, and milder levels of protein-calorie malnutrition affects about half of all children under 20 years of age in the underdeveloped countries. The resultant weakness leads to great increases in infections such as hepatitis, tuberculosis, dysentery, amebic liver abscesses, schistomiasis, typhoid fever, and so forth. Antibody synthesis is also impaired in those children, resulting in a great many deaths that would not occur if their diets were adequate.
Dr. Edwards, a Counselor of the National Council for Environmental Balance, is a professor of entomology at San Jose State University, San Jose, CA. A ranger, naturalist-botanist, he has written for many publications on bio-logy, ecology, entomology, mountain climbing, ornithology and zoology.
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