• PrivateNoob
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    2 months ago

    Yeah my grandma had never needed any pesticides until the 90s probably. Now it’s kinda essential now unfortunately.

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      2 months ago

      Dude you know why, right? They used to spray DDT everywhere. Like drop it from planes and fog and entire town (still do outside the US). Silent Spring came out in like the early 60s and they didn’t ban DDT until the early 70s. It took a hot minute for DDT usage to ramp down and insect/bird populations to ramp up.

      Hence “”“sudden”“” need 20 years later.

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        2 months ago

        Hmm, I see. That could explain why there weren’t that many potato bugs some decades ago. Thank you for informing me!