Whos Promoting DDT?
A handful of advocates have mounted an aggressive campaign accusing environmental advocates of racism and promoting widespread use of DDT in Africa. Who are they? Congress on Racial Equality (CORE): CORE, founded as an advocacy group for African-Americans, played an early leading role in the U.S. civil rights movement. In the late 1960s, CORE moved to the far right of the political spectrum.[1] CORE’s 2005 Martin Luther King celebration honored Green Revolution [2] scientist Norman Borlaug and Karl Rove, George W. Bush’s election strategist, recently under criminal investigation for his role in outing a CIA agent whose husband disagreed with the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Hugh Grant, Chairman and CEO of Monsanto, the first producer of DDT in the U.S. and one of CORE’s corporate partners, [3] chaired the reception. In 2005 CORE produced a Monsanto-funded video called ‘Voice from Africa’ promoting the use of genetically modified crops in Africa. Africa Fighting Malaria (AFM): Established in
