M1 — Pest Control in History

• 12,000 B. C. 


  First records of insects in human society.
• 2500 B. C. 


  Ancient Sumerians used sulfur compounds to kill insects.
• 2000 B. C. 


  First reported use of sulfur as a pesticides by pre-Roman civilizations.
• 100 B. C.


  The Romans apply hellebore for control of rats, mice, and insects.
• 300 B. C. 


  Chinese uses predatory ants in citrus for control of destructive insects.
• 900 B. C. 


  Chinese uses arsenic to control garden insects.
• 1787


  Soap mentioned as an insecticide.
• 1848


  Rotenone used as an insecticide in Asia.
• 1873


  DDT first made in the laboratory.
• 1910


  Passage of Federal Insecticide Act
• 1921


  First use of airplane to apply a pesticide.
• 1961


  Bacillus thuringiensis first registered.
• 1965


  Atrazine registered as an herbicide.
• 1972


  DDT uses cancelled by the EPA
• 1996


  Food Quality Protection Act becomes law.