It states insecticides - including now-banned DDT - nearly eradicated the planet’s bed bug population in the ‘60s. But they have made a comeback since the strongest pesticides were outlawed ...

She decided to write about it and let people know. DDT came into common use around 1939 (though invented in 1874), especially for insect control for the army during World War II. Two of Carson's ...

TORRANCE, Calif.— Following the recent discovery that up to 500,000 barrels of the banned pesticide DDT were dumped into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California, the Center for Biological Diversity ...