SADC defies international treaty on DDT

Instead of a ban, SADC has instead put UNEP on notice about plans to establish a DDT production plant in the southern African region.

In a letter dated April 5, 2011, SADC told the Executive Director of UNEP, Achim Steiner, that the regional economic bloc is opposed to the demands of the Secretariat of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Director General of the World Health Organisation because their  “need for DDT appears to be ongoing, not time limited”.