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Chemical warfare declared on creatures that outnumber us a billion to one.
means A substance designed to kill insects, whether protecting crops, homes, or your last nerve at a picnic.
from From Latin insectum (the cut-up body, segmented bug) plus caedere, to kill — the same -cide lurking in homicide and genocide, just smaller targets.
DDT downfallBanned after thinning eggshells and crashing bird populations.
Plant snipersPyrethrins come from chrysanthemum flowers, not labs.
Resistance raceInsects evolve immunity faster than we invent poisons.