Look out for the Cars While Chasing the Mosquito Truck and Have Fun, Kids!

Behind the city truck, huge clouds of an insecticide laced with DDT were sprayed into peoples' yards lining the street. When the truck was heard rumbling down the road, the neighborhood kids all ran behind it, yelling and laughing in the fog it left in its wake. In this way, we not only got a good internal dose of DDT by drinking it in our milk, but our skin was also lacquered with the stuff. After the truck turned to find other little kids to protect from mosquitoes, we went indoors to watch television while our parents sucked on their cigarettes and we breathed in their second-hand smoke. But be careful when you play in the street. Look out for the cars!