The day they parachuted cats on Borneo
About this book
Describes in rhyme the destruction of Borneo's ecological balance when DDT, used to kill the malaria-spreading mosquitoes, also killed the cats, causing a plague of rats, and literally brought the roofs down on the farmers' heads.
Subjects
DDT (Insecticide)EcologyEnvironmental aspectsEnvironmental aspects of PesticidesJuvenile literaturePesticides