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The nation’s capital has declared war, despite the likelihood of finding itself in a no-win situation.
District of Columbia sanitation engineers say the city is besieged by cockroaches that are breaching its defenses through every crack in the plaster and wooden crevice.
Washington has reinforced its trash truck crews by adding inspectors whose job it is to see that residents wrap their garbage tightly. Slackers can be fined $300 or put in jail—which is like being delivered to the invaders’ camp.
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Entomologists warn that no matter what tactics are used, the city will gain only a brief respite. Centuries of skirmishing between humans and cockroaches have shown that people may win some battles, but the insects usually win the wars.
Cockroaches have been around more than 300 million years, since the Paleozoic era, the National Geographic Society points out. Roaches saw the dinosaurs come and go, watched man arrive, and probably will be here to witness his demise.
Originating in the warm, humid climates of Africa and the Middle East, cockroaches are found today everywhere that people live—except in the polar regions.
Much of their success lies in the fact that, like man, they are able to adjust to almost any circumstances.
A roach can adapt to a refrigerator or to extreme heat, and develops immunities to poisons faster than technicians can formulate new ones.
It can live for two months
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