University of Vermont: Discovery - How Colorado Potato Beetles Beat Pesticides
December 19, 2020
December 19, 2020
BURLINGTON, Vermont, Dec. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of Vermont issued the following news:
The modern pesticide era began in the 1860s when Midwest farmers started killing these beetles by spraying them with a paint color called Paris Green that contained copper arsenate. The beetles soon overcame that poison as well as lead arsenate, mercury DDT, and dieldrin--and over fifty other pesticides. At first, with any new chemical, many beetles are killed--but none of them last for lon . . .
The modern pesticide era began in the 1860s when Midwest farmers started killing these beetles by spraying them with a paint color called Paris Green that contained copper arsenate. The beetles soon overcame that poison as well as lead arsenate, mercury DDT, and dieldrin--and over fifty other pesticides. At first, with any new chemical, many beetles are killed--but none of them last for lon . . .