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I hear the bed bugs are in malls, movie houses and now I hear the stink bug is making a come back coming from other countries. That is what we get when we bring them in from third world countries. It is getting bad in NYC and New Jersey.
After all, didn't they help ban DDT back in the 70's? Also, isn't malaria making a comeback? Bring back DDT!!!
You realize, don't you, in the 70's most boomers were in their teens or early 20's and mostly worried about smoking pot, avoiding the draft and getting...well, having fun. DDT wasn't even a blip on the radar.
After all, didn't they help ban DDT back in the 70's? Also, isn't malaria making a comeback? Bring back DDT!!!
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But long before the United States banned most uses of it in 1972, DDT had lost its effectiveness against bedbugs—which, like many fast-breeding insects, are extremely adept at evolving resistance to pesticides.
They are coming here from other countries..not because we don't use DDT anymore.
Geeze..some people really need to read more.
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