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.
Mussolini declared war on pasta; it took the Italian people many years after WW2 to recover 😔
Yeah, for a while the Swiss had overtaken the Italians in pasta production.
We fucking LOVED DDT back in the day.
These ads all came from the same issue of LIFE Magazine, around 1950:
My grandfather did that in Algeria during the war, he died of lung cancer 🤷
Poor little one looks absolutely terrified.
So, did it work?
Yea DDT was some toxic shit to insects…also kills us too, but damn did it work
Porcoddio
“DDT ASAP, you SOB!”