The pesticide Dieldrin, like DDT, should only be used in restricted ways--primarily in controlling swarming locusts, like those currently engulfing Sahelian Africa.

By promoting a treaty banning an insecticide, green alarmists contributed to the drought in Niger they now pin on global warming.

By pushing a treaty banning insecticides, green alarmists created a tragedy in Niger they now blame on global warming.

Environmental policies that banned the only viable form of protection against locusts have caused direct harm in Niger.

Liberty, sound science, and property rights provide the answers for African development.

The G8 summit was momentous. Its headlines managed to compete with the terrorist attack in London, andof thefew concrete agreements made, most were a triumph for U.S. diplomacy.

There can be few more compelling and tragic examples of the abuse of science and misuse in ongoing public policy than that of DDT and public health.