Volume I considered the technology of these compounds in a historical context, tracing their development up to the resent time. The accounts of the numerous applications in insect control given there provide a link with Volume II in that they pose many questions about the interactions of these compounds with living organisms.

Gerald T Brooks was formally in the Biochemistry Department of the Agricultural Research Council's Pest Infestation Laboratory (now the Pest Infestation Control Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food) at Slough, England. He Holds B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees of the University of London, and was Fellow of The Royal Institute of Chemistry. His field work is the chemistry, biochemistry, and toxicology of insecticides and hormones.

Chapter 1 Introduction 1 Chapter 2 Insect Resistance to Chlorinated Insecticides 3 Chapter 3 Action of Chlorinated Insecticides 63 Chapter 4 Residues and Prospects 145 References 153 Systematic Names 177 General Index 181