This definitive and most detail work ever to have been published, devoted exclusively to the chemistry and biology of chlorinated insecticides, comes from the authoritative pen of a leading investigator in this field. It should serve for many years to come as the prime reference source both for instructional and research purposes.

Gerald T. Brooks was formerly 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 is a fellow of The Royal Institute of Chemistry. His field of work is the chemistry, biochemistry, and toxicology of insecticides and hormones.

Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Chlorinated Insecticides of the DDT Group Chapter 3. Insecticides of the Diene-organochlorine Group Chapter 4. Gamma - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, - Hexachlorocyclohexane Chapter 5. Polychloroterphenyl Insecticides (Toxaphene)