Word: ddt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...vegetables: A 3% DDT dust against cabbage caterpillars, applied no later than 30 days before the cabbage is to be eaten, seems to be safe...
Some commercial DDT preparations available to U.S. householders and gardeners have proved 1) disappointingly feeble, 2) harmful to plants and animals. But the U.S. Department of Agriculture last week declared that DDT, properly used, is still the best insecticide. To help citizens prepare for their annual battle with the bugs, the Department gave out some advice...
...flies, mosquitoes, bedbugs, roaches: Use a 5% DDT solution in kerosene, painted or sprayed on screens, walls, mattresses, under sinks, shelves. It is good up to six months but a fire hazard when first applied. Aerosol bombs are less effective than painting; although they kill all insects in sight, they leave no lasting deposit...
...dogs' fleas, ticks, lice: Dust with a 10% DDT powder-but don't use it on cats, because they lick off the dust. DDT solutions are dangerous to animals...
...shade trees: A .1% DDT emulsion destroys tent caterpillars, cankerworms, gypsy moths, elm leaf beetles, boxwood leaf miner and some other pests. Warning: it increases the population of red mites, by killing their parasites...