HC Deb 25 February 1958 vol 583 c23W
24. Mr. Cooper

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, how far the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is carrying out any research to combat the growing immunity of many insect pests to the newer chemical insecticides.

Mr. H. Nicholls

The Pest Infestation Laboratory of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research is carrying out intensive research—using biochemical and radioactive tracer techniques—to determine the physiological factors responsible for this ability to acquire resistance to insecticides. This work is being done in collaboration with the World Health Organisation.

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