US soldier spraying the inside of an Italian house with DDT for malaria control, 1945

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This almost lead to the extinction of the Italians after the DDT caused their eggs to thin, right?
- You can even see an Italian in its larval form distressed by its imminent demise in the photo.
  
  Oh that's why their arms are down and appear still.
  
  Are we sure this is Italy? I see no pasta.
We fucking LOVED DDT back in the day.

These ads all came from the same issue of LIFE Magazine, around 1950:
- Holy Silent Spring and Merchants of Doubt, Clair Patterson! That's some Nuka-cola snake oil shit right there. Ye gods.
  
  Nog and Quark in Area 51, the smell of tobacco and profit fill the air.
- You can almost feel the paranoia that some folks have about a little bit of dirt or a couple of bugs in their house forming in 20th century advertising.
My grandfather did that in Algeria during the war, he died of lung cancer 🤷
- Smoking a pipe will do that.
Poor little one looks absolutely terrified.
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- Yea DDT was some toxic shit to insects....also kills us too, but damn did it work
- Oh, yes, DDT contributed greatly to the near-total extermination of malaria in numerous countries.
  
  Problem is, the mosquitoes eventually developed a resistance to it, and within 20 years we were back to seeking other solutions.
"DDT ASAP, you SOB!"
Porcoddio
Crikey look at the size of the skeeter on the bed

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