Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958.

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[1958]
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664019i
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Caterpillars eating a hole in a tartan fabric; advertising Globol insecticide. Colour lithograph, 1958. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

The Globol insecticide was launched in Germany in 1928 and subsequently became a product of the Jeyes Group. It contained the organophosphate Dichlorvos (DDVP), which has been investigated in the USA and the UK for possible carcinogenic effects

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[München [Munich]?] : [publisher not identified], [1958] (München [Munich] : Seelig & Co.)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 83.8 x 59.3 cm

Lettering

Lieber mottenfrei mit Globol Bears number: GW 180-3/58

Reference

Wellcome Collection 664019i

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