More little-known America history that should be told

[kenny]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/21/travel/braceros-landmark-texas-rio-vista-cec/index.html

Fumigating braceros.
Granted, the dangers of DDT were less well-known then, but still ...

"... Hidalgo, Texas, in 1956 shows a masked worker spraying braceros with DDT ..."

 

[Garnetgirl]

What a coincidence! I had just read this on CNN a few hours before you posted.

A very interesting, rather unknown and sad part of US history. The interview with one of the last survivors really made this story more vivid and tangible for me.