DDT's insecticidal action was discovered by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller in 1939. DDT was used in the second half of World War II to limit the spread of the insect-borne …

Feb 14, 2017 · In an experiment in Naples, Italy, American soldiers dusted more than a million Italians with DDT, killing the body lice that spread typhus and saving the city from a …

Mar 17, 2025 · During and after World War II, DDT was found to be effective against lice, fleas, and mosquitoes (the carriers of typhus, of plague, and of malaria and yellow fever, …

On August 31, 1945—three days before the end of World War II—the War Production Board revoked its allocation order reserving the insecticide for military use. Certification by …

If there is a single pesticide almost everyone can name, it’s DDT. DDT was one of the first chemicals in widespread use as a pesticide. Following World War II, it was promoted as a …

Mar 25, 2025 · During World War II, the military used DDT to control insect-borne diseases like malaria and typhus among soldiers and civilians. It was sprayed over vast areas to kill disease …

As World War II began in Europe, DDT was successfully tested in Switzerland initially as a dusting powder against potato beetles and later against lice and fleas. These successes, however, …

May 20, 2024 · Observing Switzerland’s policy of strict neutrality, Geigy offered to sell – or license – DDT to all participants in the ongoing second world war. However, it was the US which …

Oct 16, 2019 · DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, was an extremely popular pesticide during World War II up until the ’70s, when it was banned. DDT was believed to be extremely …

During the war, DDT was used to save the lives of millions of soldiers and civilians from insect-borne disease, making this the first war in which disease did not kill more people than the war …