[Governor Dinwiddie]

And yet DDT is safe, but now it is banned.

Interestingly, DDT is fairly simple to make if you have the precursor chemicals. There's the rub. Chloral Hydrate, the precursor to DDT, is a controlled substance. So really have to make Chloral Hydrate first, and then the DDT. The recipes are available on the internet. If you can make a chocolate cake from scratch, then homemade DDT is a cinch.

[crz]

Ya,,and they could have saved/save trees from insect infestation with it. Think the Dutch Elm, Birch Leaf Miner, Emerald Ash Borer, Gypsy moth, Bud Worm, etc, etc.

BTW, the Asian Long horned beetle is one that will devistate all broad leaf trees nationwide if left to get loose. That is..Oaks, Maples, Aspens, Popplars, Ashes, etc.