Zyklon B
Is it true zyklon b was being used in America as a disinfectant BEFORE WW2?
Yes. Zyklon B, a hydrogen cyanide pesticide developed in Germany in the early 1920s, was used in the US from the 1920s onward. The US Public Health Service applied it at Mexican border stations such as El Paso to fumigate clothing and freight trains against lice and typhus. It was also produced under license by American firms before WWII.
Yes. Zyklon B, a hydrogen cyanide pesticide developed in Germany in the early 1920s, was used in the US from the 1920s onward. The US Public Health Service applied it at Mexican border stations such as El Paso to fumigate clothing and freight trains against lice and typhus. It was also produced under license by American firms before WWII.
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