Poisonous Moths From Mountains In Japan
P-m-> TOKYO, June 29C Millions of poisonous moths, swarmin , down from the mountains of western Japan, are forcing hundreds of thousands of people in five prefectures to stay in their homes. If the yellowish-white moths come toto contact with a person’s skin his T’VP? 6 b °dy breaks out in a kind of rash which only time will cure. It is estimated that. 250.000 persons have already been affected. 200,000 in city of' Nagoya alone. , 1 be authorities fear the whole of w Su ern a P an may be affected. moths usually live deep in the mountains and forests. A few began tbeir usual haunts late in May. ana tneir numbers have been growing few^avs 3 proportions over the last ine°n a n v> Ul s orities have be B un spray2IaI' D,T ’ drugs ln the wor£t aff€ct ed
One official said: “But we can’t drench several prefectures with D.D.T."
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27698, 30 June 1955, Page 13
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