Who is your grandma and why exactly was it the 90s that made her need pesticides?
PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Yeah my grandma had never needed any pesticides until the 90s probably. Now it’s kinda essential now unfortunately.
Melkath@kbin.social 1 month ago
weariedfae@lemmy.world 1 month 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.
PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Hmm, I see. That could explain why there weren’t that many potato bugs some decades ago. Thank you for informing me!