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to 50 grams (about % to 1% 02.) for our 150-pound man. 

 Do Y(Ni Inhale? 



When you chase the pesky fly around with a squirt gun 

 and finally let him have it, you can notice the mist that en- 

 gulfs the hapless insect. If you watch closely, you can see 

 some of the fine, misty particles taking their time in settling 

 to the floor. If you happen to inhale while in the midst of 

 these minute, setxlmg droplets, it is inevitable that some of 

 them will enter your nasal passages. Should you rush to the 

 phone and call the doctor or just quietly lie down and wait 

 for the end? Unless you're a hopeless neurotic, you'll just 

 forget the whole thing and go ab out your business looking 

 for more flies. 



When DDT fly sprays first appeared on the market, 

 some department stores were guilty of some very poor psy- 

 chology. They not only offered a word of caution, but they 

 practically scared the daylights out of their customers by 

 warning them to put masks over their faces, to wear rubber 

 gloves, and to say good-bye to all their friends and relatives 

 before taking the innocent looking spray gun in their hands. 

 Is it any wonder, then, that many timid souls shrank from 

 the DDT mist as they would from the open sores of a leper? 

 It is all right to be careful — and very wise — but why overdo 

 it? 



Sure, if you give an experimental animal enough DDT 

 spray to inhale, he will show the same symptoms of DDT 

 poisoning that he will if you shove enough down its throat. 

 But how much is enough? Much more than you will ever 

 inhale during your occasional attacks on the uninvited visi- 

 tors to your home. Threedogs were made to breathe %o 



