Toxicity of DDT Isomers to Some Insects Affecting Man
- 11 October 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 104 (2702) , 343-344
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.104.2702.343
Abstract
In tests against body lice by the beaker test method in acetone-water suspension, o o''-DDT was slightly toxic to the adult and 4th-instar larvae of the common malaria mosquito and the adult housefly and body louse. Although o p''-DDT was ineffective against adult mosquitoes, houseflies, and body lice, it was a fairly effective anopheline larvicide. For adult houseflies and mosquitoes, 1 ml. of a 1% soln. of each isomer in kerosene was sprayed into a 100 cu. ft. chamber in which the insects were exposed in screen wire cages and tested by a pendulum-swinging method.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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