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Roundup, Crossbow, and DDT: let the good times roll Of course, those who trust the Gummint and the EPA, tell us. "they" won't let us use it if its not safe. Thank God we live in a country where the Food and Drug Administration would never allow pregnant women to use thalidamide; but JIM has got the notion in his head that the Health Department once sprayed Downtown Columbia with DDT. He found it in the paper. - EW By JIM In conjunction with the Fiscal Court's determination to liberally apply Roundup, Crossbow, or some other equally odious poison du jour the length and breadth of the county, the magistrates need to double down with a vote to spray the Square with DDT as was done in days of yore: "The Council then voted to allot $50 'to help defray expenses of spraying Columbia in an effort to eliminate flies,' said spraying to be done 'at an early date by the State Board of Health under the direction of Sam Moore.' (An article in the July 13 edition headlined 'Columbia Given DDT Bath Monday' read in part: 'Columbia's business section received a DDT bath Monday morning in a State-County health program to eliminate flies... This is the third year Columbia has been sprayed with very satisfactory results... [A] U.S. Public Health Service power spray mounted on a truck was used to spread the DDT.'" (Quotes excerpted from the Adair County News, June 8 and July 13, 1949; additional text by a CM contributor; used with permission.) Better yet, perhaps the current magistrates prefer to hit the trifecta by voting to mandate this USDA dictum for all Adair County homes: "[R]emove all packages of food and spray all the interior surfaces of the cupboard or pantry with a 5 percent DDT solution. The crystal deposit which remains after the spray has dried will be effective for several months, killing the insects coming in contact with the deposit before they have time to lay more eggs." (Excerpted from the Adair County News, April 21, 1948.) Gentlemen, by all means--let us spray. This story was posted on 2013-09-12 11:08:08
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