* U.N. seeks outlaw DDT pesticide by around 2020 * Also aim to combat malaria, still controlled by DDT * Non-DDT schemes cut malaria rates in Latin America OSLO, May 6 (Reuters) - The United Nations ...

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, whose concern for human rights has inspired people around the world, has joined more than 100 prominent scientists and human rights advocates signing a petition ...

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Six years after the insect killer DDT was globally outlawed on grounds of environmental damage, two researchers say there are new reasons for doubting the chemical is harmful and ...

What if, after the Allies won World War II, world health officials had employed a Nazi version of DDT against mosquitoes that transmit malaria? Could that persistent disease, which still infects more ...