Saipan Cleansed; Airplanes Sprayed Island With DDT, Killing Every Insect

Title

Saipan Cleansed; Airplanes Sprayed Island With DDT, Killing Every Insect

Identifier

31611

Abstract

In an address which he delivered on the Army Hour Program Brig. Gen. Raymond W. Bliss, Assistant Surgeon General, said that when he visited Saipan last August about 8,000 Japs had been killed. That did not astonish him. What did astonish him was the total

Publication Year

1944

Publication Title

New York Times

Publication Date

1944-12-3

URL

Saipan Cleansed; Airplanes Sprayed Island With DDT, Killing Every Insect

Files

Collection

New York Times

Reference

'Saipan Cleansed; Airplanes Sprayed Island With DDT, Killing Every Insect', New York Times

Cite As

“Saipan Cleansed; Airplanes Sprayed Island With DDT, Killing Every Insect,” Past Periodicals, accessed February 26, 2021, https://unsettlingscientificstories.omeka.net/items/show/21616.