For decades after the discovery of DDT pesticide, American households believed bed bugs were vanquished. Although DDT, the impressively effective pesticide discovered in 1939, helped rid thousands of homes of bedbugs, the efficacy did not last.
For decades after the discovery of DDT pesticide, American households believed bed bugs were vanquished. Although DDT, the impressively effective pesticide discovered in 1939, helped rid thousands of homes of bedbugs, the efficacy did not last.