TIM LAMBERT GETS IT WRONG AGAIN

Scrambling to compose his alarmingly fluid position on DDT, Lambert recently cited this study of anti-malaria efforts in Eritrea between 2000 and 2004. Lambert's post mentions DDT use in Eritrea as do his comments. The study's Table 3 shows that DDT was used for indoor residual spraying throughout the period, peaking in 2003 at 17,423 kg.

This is directly contradicted by an earlier Lambert post (to get around Lambert's link bouncing, copy and paste http://timlambert.org/2005/06/ddt9-2/) . The post is based on an article at Eritrea Daily. Its title is "Eritrea cuts malaria rates by switching away from DDT". According to Lambert:

The World Bank is the largest funder of Eritrea’s anti-malaria program. The Eritrea Daily reports on the good results... And what did they do to get such dramatic reductions? Why they significantly increased the use of insecticide treated nets... And stopped using DDT...

Lambert's claim is wrong; Eritrea actually increased its DDT use. Further, the article on which he bases his claim that Eritrea stopped using DDT does not even mention DDT – he just made this up. He should, as he so often demands of others who have allegedly erred, correct this obvious misrepresentation. (Other Lambert misrepresentations are described here, here and here.)

Update: Rather than engage me on the misrepresentation issue Lambert again accuses me of attention seeking (go here and click on comments). He certainly has the personal-attack-as-rebuttal move down pat. Oh well, there's a good chance Lambert's social ineptitude and fascination with numbers are probably beyond his control:

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