1 edition of DDT and other insecticides and repellents developed for the armed forces found in the catalog.
DDT and other insecticides and repellents developed for the armed forces
Published
1946
by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture in Washington, D.C
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | prepared by the Orlando, Fla., Laboratory of the Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. |
| Series | Miscellaneous publication / United States Department of Agriculture -- no. 606., Miscellaneous publication (United States. Dept. of Agriculture) -- no. 606. |
| Contributions | United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | SB951 .U63 1946 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 71 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 71 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL18131483M |
| LC Control Number | 46000266 |
They held their initial tests at the Maison Carrée prison in Algiers, where inmates were dusted with DDT and other insecticides currently used by the Allied forces. That fall DDT was given field tests in an Algerian town with a mixed Arab and European population and at a nearby prisoner-of-war camp. Among other factors, the studies aimed to. It had happened before, with other insecticides. And, sure enough, DDT-resistant strains of houseflies, mosquitoes, and crop-destroying insects soon began to appear naturally and in such numbers in some areas that ever more massive doses of insecticide were required to control them. Miss Carson recognized the implications of this genetic evolution.
The insecticide was subsequently banned in the United States in , although it is still in use in some other parts of the world. This WWII-era Army poster from the collection of the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center instructs how to delouse an incoming recruit with DDT. In , Rachel Carson’s exposé “Silent Spring” revealed to the public the dangerous downsides of DDT. This best-selling book dramatized the risks posed by DDT and other insecticides .
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Additional Physical Format: Online version: DDT and other insecticides and repellents developed for the armed forces. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, DDT and other Insecticides and Repellents developed for the Armed Forces.
DDT, benzene hexachloride and other substances to prevent blowfly breeding in corpses, see more details, armed forces armed forces Subject Category: People Groups. and improved methods of using insecticides and repellents are also being developed by members ofthearmed forces andothers.
Every efforthas been made to encourage studies with DDTand other promising materials. Interest inthefurther development of control measures forcertain insects ofmedical importance has been verygreat.
DDT and other insecticides and repellents developed for the armed forces / By United States. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Abstract "Interim report no. (NRC Insect control committee Report no.
A report to the Committee on medical research on work done under a transfer of funds, recommended by this committee, from the. Title(s): DDT and other insecticides and repellents developed for the armed forces Country of Publication: United States Publisher: [Washington, U.
Govt. print. off., ] Description: cover-title, 71 p. ill. Language: English MeSH: Insecticides* Other Subject(s): DDT (Insecticide) Notes: "Prepared by the Orlando, Fla., laboratory of. Supersedes DDT and other insecticides and repellents, issued by the U.S.
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Description: 91 pages illustrations. Series Title: Circular (United States. Department of Agriculture), no. Responsibility: Prepared by the Orlando, Fla., Laboratory of the Entomology Research Branch. The book cited claims that DDT and other pesticides caused cancer and that their agricultural use was a threat to wildlife, particularly birds.
Although Carson never directly called for an outright ban on the use of DDT, its publication was a seminal event for the environmental movement and resulted in a large public outcry that eventually led. Insecticides and repellents for the control of insects of medical importance to the Armed Forces Item Preview remove-circle Supersedes DDT and other insecticides and repellents, issued by the U.
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine Bibliography: p. If there is a single pesticide almost everyone can name, it's DDT. DDT was one of the first chemicals in widespread use as a pesticide. Following World War II, it was promoted as a wonder-chemical, the simple solution to pest problems large and small.
Today, nearly 40 years after DDT was banned in the U.S., we continue to live with its long-lasting effects: Food supplies: USDA. DDT Banned Worldwide. As evidence of the harm, DDT was causing began to grow, countries worldwide started to ban the chemical or restrict its use.
ByHungary, Norway, and Sweden had banned DDT, and despite overwhelming pressure from the U.S. chemical industry, the production and use of DDT were banned in the United States in "We set out to study the growth of crystals in a little-known insecticide and uncovered its surprising history, including the impact of World War II on the choice of DDT—and not DFDT—as a.
In August ofthe National Research Council formed a conference group on insecticides and insect repellents under their Division of Medical Sciences to coordinate the activities of the many groups participating in programs of testing and developing new repellent compounds and insecticides, including DDT.
Unlike many other insecticides, DDT would continue to kill insects for long periods of time, even after it was left sitting for days. 3 ByBritish and American scientists had begun to take interest in DDT as a possible mechanism to control the spread of malaria, typhus, dysentery, and typhoid fever among Allied military personnel.
He has more than 38 years of research experience and has developed many products and technologies for the benefit of the armed forces. He has developed Defender Net, the first indigenous long lasting insecticidal net, which offers protection from malaria, Japanese encephalitis, dengue, filariasis and other insect borne diseases.
Insecticide, any toxic substance that is used to kill insects. Such substances are used primarily to control pests that infest cultivated plants or to eliminate disease-carrying insects in specific areas. Learn more about the types, modes of penetration, uses, and environmental impacts of insecticides.
Other insecticides belonging to minor classes are: botanically derived naturally occurring insecticides (other than pyrethroids and nicotinoids), microbially produced insecticides, synergists, semiochemicals such as attractants, including pheromones, insect repellents or feeding deterrents, and behavior-modifying agents for use on insects.
He helped develop DDT and other insecticides and repellents for use by the U.S. armed forces and their allies in controlling the insect carriers of malaria, typhus, plague, and other diseases.
In recognition of his accomplishments he was presented the U.S. Typhus Commission Medal inthe President's Medal for Merit inand the King's. The use of DDT was continued for mosquito control during – (control phase) with DDT produced inside the country along with donor-supplied DDT.
Subsequently, the Revised Malaria Control Strategy (–) was adopted (WHO ) that included restricted use of DDT and other control measures including insecticide-treated nets (ITNs. DDT was once a common insecticide in the United States, but it was banned in due to health concerns and danger to other wildlife.
It’s still used in other countries to kill mosquitoes that spread malaria and other diseases, and that’s why there’s a problem when mosquitoes become resistant to DDT. The impact of DDT on human health received worldwide attention from the general public, political and scientific communities, with the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.1 In Silent Spring, Carson described a series of harmful effects on the environment and wildlife resulting from the use of DDT and other similar compounds.
The postwar householder merely will spray a dose of DDT on his walls to ensure immunity to lice, flies, and mosquitoes, to some extent, ticks, chiggers and many other insect pests.Another was Insect Repellent (2-ethyl hexanediol-1,3) which was seven times as effective as citronella and definitely superior to it in other respects.
In Insect Repellent was one of the three chemicals approved for use of the armed forces in the prevention of mosquito-borne diseases. Fast-acting German insecticide lost in the aftermath of WWII Fluoridated DDT swiftly kills disease-carrying mosquitoes, which may lower its environmental impact -- but its history is alarming.
