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First law: The pesticide paradox. Every method you use to prevent or find bugs leaves a residue of subtler bugs against which those methods are ineffective.

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Boris Beizer
Age: 84 †
Born: 1934
Born: January 1
Died: 2018
Died: October 7
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Pesticides
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Bugs
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