Dave wrote:
I think you need to dig out that old grammar book.

I think you need to dig out some sort of lesson plan on
basic common sense.

.... So malaria is not the result of
banning DDT. The lives are being lost as a result of banning DDT.


No, the lives are being lost as a result of malaria.

An increase in malaria since the ban on DDT could be
considered the result of a ban. It could even be possible
that due to higher population density in the malaria zone,
that there is more malaria than ever.

But it is muddled logic (ie the usual kind employed by
humans) to say that it is caused by, or should be blamed on,
the lack of DDT.

DSK