We have a moth problem here in Colorado. Gypsy moths (which I recall had a different - prettier - caterpillar) were a problem in New England. The 1950s-era cure for the gypsy moth was lead arsenate.
Lead and arsenic have conventionally been considered as poisons but the compound was not considered a poison for reasons. New England went ahead and used that pesticide; then they used DDT, which conservatives love for reasons. Meanwhile Jonas Salk injected everybody against viruses which humans weren't catching.
(I'm not getting into the HIV / polio-vaccine theories in Africa; Wikipedia focuses on the oral vaccine, which Wiki correctly dismisses as an HIV vector.)
I think I prefer the moths. New England might likewise reconsider the moths: as a means to thin the forests and, thereby, also ticks and deer and Lyme. I suppose there's the kindling for fires to consider but, hey, that's what forestry is for. Maybe send the excess wood to Japan for satellites.
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