“so convenient, so safe because the DDT is fixed to the paper”

by Renee Corea on January 25, 2010

in DDT, History

Boing Boing has a picture of a “Disney-logoed DDT-impregnated wallpaper for the kids’ room” c. 1947.

No. words.

Enjoy.

These pages may be of related interest:

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  2. Old timey bed bug news
  3. Anti-bug conscience
  4. Monday reading: the sad history of bed bug committees
  5. Girault and the bed bugs

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Protect your children! Creepy DDT-infused wallpaper circa 1947
February 11, 2010 at 10:48 am

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1 nobugs January 25, 2010 at 1:06 pm

How many weeks until some buck-eejit releases a children’s wallpaper impregnated with pyrethroids?

2 nobugs January 25, 2010 at 4:25 pm

Never mind, they already have. :-(

It just isn’t being marketed at us, yet.

3 Renee Corea January 25, 2010 at 6:34 pm

Yeah? I haven’t seen anything, but some of these other products where the same principle has been attempted, blankets if I recall, are much the same.

4 nobugs January 26, 2010 at 12:31 am

No — it was premature. There’s a permethrin-based liquid you can “paint” over your child’s walls… (I hesitate to post the link for fear of encouraging people…) but I have not seen any wallpaper.

New versions of the blankets and mattress pads are still appearing.

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