Title: The day they parachuted cats on Borneo
First published: 1971
Description: 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), Ecology, Environmental aspects, Environmental aspects of Pesticides, Juvenile literature, Pesticides
LC classification: PZ10.P63 Day