In East Africa film maker Glory Mollel (picture) discovers how difficult it is to get rid of DDT in a Masai village in Tanzania. People can't afford the more expensive alternatives and need something against malaria mosquitos and flees. The governments of neighbouring countries Ugana and Mozambique start spraying the houses with DDT again, leaving the farmers - who just started to grow ecological cotton - with a harvest they can't sell anymore. A solution seems far away. See www.silentsnow.org
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