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'D.D.T.': a New Insecticide

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A STATEMENT by Government to the public Press on recent developments in the application of the insecticidal substance known as 'D.D.T.' and the extensive publicity given in the American Press and technical journals to this insecticide have directed attention to a field of work in applied entomology which in peace-time is almost unknown except to the specialists.

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  1. J. Econ. Entom., 37, No. 1, 125 (1944).

  2. Farmer and Stockbreeder, 58, No. 2847, 688 (1944).

  3. "The Louse" (London: E. Arnold and Co., 1939).

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  1. Imperial College of Science and Technology,

    J. W. MUNRO

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MUNRO, J. 'D.D.T.': a New Insecticide. Nature 154, 352–353 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154352a0

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