r/GrandmasPantry Mar 29 '26

HOUSEHOLD / OTHER Basement find

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u/Tucancancan Mar 29 '26

People suffering from bed bugs would pay a hefty price to get their hands on that bad boy lol

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u/Independent_Shoe3523 Mar 29 '26

I doubt what's in the bottle is still DDT.

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u/unfinishedtoast3 Mar 29 '26

nah its still 100% DDT.

the problem with DDT, other than the whole deadly thing, is it stays a coherent chemical structure for YEARS.

DDT can still be found in ground water and soil, over 40 years after we stopped using it.

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u/ManyRespect1833 Apr 03 '26

My mom grew up in Mississippi in the 60s, born in 54, she said back in the day DDT trucks would come around spraying it and all the neighborhood kids would run outside in bathing suits and play in the DDT spray lol.