Abstract
THE inorganic salts reported to be the most toxic to clothes-moth and carpet-beetle larvæ are the fluorides1, and these have been used on an appreciable scale in the moth-proofing of wool.
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McPHEE, J. Toxicity of Lithium Salts to Keratin-digesting Insect Larvæ. Nature 180, 1001–1002 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1801001a0
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