Sorry for cherry-picking there. Seems like the insecticides really do have unintended consequences.
I am still skeptical of the effect though since Holden Karofsky says here that fishing with the nets seems pretty rare.
I think my point still stands though. While there will be some environmental damage from the nets, it’s very unlikely to outweigh the human lives saved.
I think the strongest point here is that it’s not at all clear whether the organisms in the streams that may be killed by the insecticides have net positive lives. See “How good is the life of an insect”
In any way, I encourage you to make a detailed investigation here to prove your point. I think there is a ~5% probability I would update that malaria nets are a lot less good than I thought.
Sorry for cherry-picking there. Seems like the insecticides really do have unintended consequences.
I am still skeptical of the effect though since Holden Karofsky says here that fishing with the nets seems pretty rare.
I think my point still stands though. While there will be some environmental damage from the nets, it’s very unlikely to outweigh the human lives saved.
I think the strongest point here is that it’s not at all clear whether the organisms in the streams that may be killed by the insecticides have net positive lives. See “How good is the life of an insect”
In any way, I encourage you to make a detailed investigation here to prove your point. I think there is a ~5% probability I would update that malaria nets are a lot less good than I thought.