| > Basically they contaminate water with pesticides, which locals are drinking afterwards... there are no imminent effects from pesticides - that is for sure. You said: > Instead the offered solution is to sterilize all water in nature This article says in fourteen cases they've treated water, and pesticides that target water larvae aren't sterilizing. >> The guinea worm life cycle is largely human driven as well. > Not true. It affects mammals, including humans. Until eradication efforts largely achieved their current success, absolutely this was true. And again, your original claim: > Apparently, in this case humans already are giving advantages to baboons and if they multiply too many - humans again will need to intervene to kill them to maintain their "normal" numbers. There have been 23 known baboon infections since the first one was found in 2013. Eliminating the guinea worm will have no effect on baboon populations. > The main issue here is that hygiene of people in Africa... I think I may see the problem here. |