was developed by paul mole muller miller in switzerland in 1939 is an effective insecticide and it was used initially during world war 2 to fight pandemics to find malaria yellow fever and typhus outbreaks and in fact in december 1043 to february 1904 the u.s. military in the rockefeller foundation stopped a typhus outbreak in naples and it was a 1st time in human history that had been achieved and then after the war really beginning $145.00 just to write it towards the end of the war we in the united states and also throughout the world people started using d.d.t. for everything you could get it in wallpaper for your baby's nursery to protect your baby from flies you could get it in paint to paint your house with that was used in agriculture and forestry it was you know if you took a flight the flight attendant was spray d.d.t. while she's walking down the aisle so that you wouldn't be harassed by flies during the airplane ride and so that's an example because if we had only restricted d.d.t. used to public health emergencies to fighting infectious disease agents like yellow fever and