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DEET is effective against a variety of invertebrates, including ticks, flies, mosquitos, and some parasitic worms. [3]A 2018 systematic review found no consistent performance difference between DEET and icaridin in field studies and concluded that they are equally preferred mosquito repellents, noting that 50% DEET offers longer protection but is not available in some countries.
DDT was formerly used throughout the world for large area mosquito control, but it is now banned in most developed countries. [ 36 ] Controversially, DDT remains in common use in many developing countries (14 countries were reported to be using it in 2009 [ 36 ] ), which claim that the public-health cost of switching to other control methods ...
Banned in Ireland. [169] Dutch Interior: Frank O'Connor: 1940 Novel Banned in Ireland. [169] The Tailor and Ansty: Eric Cross: 1942 Non-fiction Banned by the Irish censors for discussing sexuality in rural Ireland. [170] Borstal Boy: Brendan Behan: 1958 Autobiographical novel Banned in Ireland in 1958.
Resistance has been detected in Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Turkey and Central America and it has largely been replaced by organophosphate or carbamate insecticides, e.g. malathion or bendiocarb. [135] In many parts of India, DDT is ineffective. [136] Agricultural uses were banned in 1989 and its anti-malarial use has been declining. Urban use ended ...
Carroll, Francis M. America and the Making of an Independent Ireland (New York University Press, 2021) online review. Cooper, James, "'A Log-Rolling, Irish-American Politician, Out to Raise Votes in the United States': Tip O'Neill and the Irish Dimension of Anglo-American Relations, 1977–1986," Congress and the Presidency, (2015) 42#1 pp: 1–27.
1. Ritz Crackers. Wouldn't ya know, a cracker that's all the rage in America is considered an outrage abroad. Ritz crackers are outlawed in several other countries, including the United Kingdom ...
TikTok will be banned in the United States on Jan. 19, 2025, after a federal appeals court rejected its bid to overturn the ban that President Biden signed in April. The law states that if TikTok ...
The Environmental Modification Convention (ENMOD), formally the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques, is an international treaty prohibiting the military or other hostile use of environmental modification techniques having widespread, long-lasting or severe effects. [2]