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The day they parachuted cats on Borneo

by Charlotte Pomerantz

DDT (Insecticide)EcologyEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental aspects of PesticidesJuvenile literaturePesticides

Describes in rhyme the destruction of Borneo's ecological balance when DDT, used to kill the malaria-spreading mosquitoes, also killed the cats, causing a plague of rats, and literally brought the roofs down on the farmers' heads.

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Book data: Open Library