If an Insecticide Like DDT Were Found That Killed Mosquitoes

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Multiple Choice

If an insecticide like DDT were found that killed mosquitoes but was otherwise perfectly safe, would the problem of malaria infection be solved for good?

• A) There's no way to know for sure, but we could try it.
• B) Yes. The problem would be solved.
• C) Yes, but a safe insecticide is probably impossible to produce.
• D) No. Malaria comes from organisms other than mosquitoes.
• E) No. There would be some resistant mosquitoes, and those would live to create an increasingly resistant population until the insecticide no longer worked on them.

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