64 DDT— Killer of Killers 



poison and Mr. Bug will soon find his equilibrium seriously 

 affected. 



Thus, in order to fight the two kinds of insects, the eat- 

 ers and the suckers, we need two kinds of poisons: stomach 

 and contact poisons. But think how much simpler it would 

 be if we could use one poison that killed both types of in- 

 sects. And, we can! For DDT is both a stomach and a 

 contact poison. Just think what that means? One sub- 

 stance that does the work of two! Truly remarkable, and 

 just how remarkable is revealed by the fact that of over 3,000 

 synthetic insecticides tested by the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, only two — DDT and sodium fluoride — were found 

 to have this dual-action property. 



DDT Jif-ters 



Insects, like animals, are literally bundles of nerves. 

 Since these nerves control all actions of the body, an injury 

 to the nervous system can have very tragic consequences. 

 Thousands of people will never walk again because their 

 spinal cords were injured — a fact momentarily brought to 

 the attention of the world as a result of General Patton's 

 fatal accident. 



Insects and animals given a toxic dose of DDT soon de- 

 velop tremors and then violent spasms. Watch a fly that 

 has come in contaa with DDT? See how he flies around 

 like mad for a little while, and then staggers around as though 

 drunk before he finally turns over and calls it a day? It is 

 easy to see that his nervous breakdown is the real thing, and 

 not of the type that bored wives indulge in when they suspect 

 that hubby is engaging in extra-curricular activities. 



But how can dragging a foot or the tip of a wing through 



