The dawn of DDT and its experimental use by the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico, 1943-1952
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The dawn of DDT and its experimental use by the Rockefeller Foundation in Mexico, 1943-1952
Parassitologia.
1998 Jun.
Abstract
The Rockefeller Foundation played an important early role in promoting the use of DDT for malaria control. During World War II the Foundation helped test DDT in the United States. North Africa and Italy. From 1945 to 1952 the Foundation carried out an experimental anti-malaria program in Mexico as part of its global mission to diffuse knowledge of how to control malaria-bearing mosquitoes with DDT.
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