10 July 2008
Kampala — THE World Health Organisation and the European Union have allowed Uganda to spray the DDT chemical, the water and environment minister has said.
Ali Mambule reports that Maria Mutagamba said the Government would use the chemical, to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria.
The union had expressed reservations about the safety of Uganda's agricultural products due to the spraying of the chemical, which was piloted in Apac and Oyam districts.
"You should now have no fear about the use of DDT concerning the market for our products," Mutagamba said in Masaka town on Tuesday.
The minister, who was closing a seminar on the National Agricultural Advisory Services at Hotel Brovad, wondered why Ugandans feared the effects of DDT when they consumed products from countries where the chemical was used.
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