The beginnings of the war on insects coincides with the growth of immigration in our country. As America expanded, so did the need for food crops, so businesses, corporations and snake oil salesmen alike sold a host of substances to stop bugs. Arsenic, mercury, sulfuric acid, even whale oil was used on crops. Today's insecticides are far more advanced, but they're not without controversy. A new book explores the history of our war on bugs.
- Will Allen, Vermont based farmer, activist and author, whose new book is The War on Bugs
