- Richard Tren
Richard Tren is Director of
Africa Fighting Malaria , an analyst for theFree Market Foundation , and a Research Fellow of the Environment Unit at theInstitute of Economic Affairs .As well as pushing for the use of
DDT in combatingmalaria , he has recently focused the benefits of private ownership of water inSouth Africa , onderegulation of agriculture, and our need to embraceglobal warming rather than try to prevent it from happening. He has also opposed a ban by the South African government on disposable plastic shopping bags.He writes frequently for
Tech Central Station .The biographical note appended to one of Tren's pro-DDT columns, originally published by the "
United Press International ", states that "Mr Tren has a close association with G&G and G&G plays a role inAfrica Fighting Malaria ." [http://www.stratek.co.za/.%5Carchive%5Crichardtren2.html] It is not clear what "G&G" refers to, but the best guess seems to be theG&G Group , aKwaZulu-Natal -based investment company.Publications
Books
* Tren, R. (2001). Malaria & the DDT story. "Institute of Economic Affairs" ISBN 0-255-36499-7.
Articles
* [http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=1690 "Doctors Without Principles,"] "Capitalism Magazine", June 30, 2002.
* [http://www.fightingmalaria.org/research.php?ID=31 "Malaria Rates Underscore Need to Set Aside Costly Taboos,"] (with Roger Bate) "Journal of theSouth African Institute of International Affairs ", December 1, 2004.
* " [http://www.checkbiotech.org/blocks/dsp_document.cfm?doc_id=5533 Greenpeace policies keeping Africa poor] ", "Checkbiotech.org", June 18, 2003.
* [http://www.techcentralstation.com/042604G.html "Where DDT Works,"] "Tech Central Station", April 26, 2004.
* " [http://www.stratek.co.za/.%5Carchive%5Crichardtren2.html The Malaria Fight Continues] ", undated, accessed January 2006.
* " [http://www.stratek.co.za/.%5Carchive%5Crichardtren.html The Cost of Free Water] ", undated, accessed January 2006.
* " [http://www.stratek.co.za/.%5Carchive%5Crichardtren3.html South Africa Suffocates Under Plastic Bag Ban] ", undated, accessed May 2005.
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