Скачать или смотреть The Secret Ant War: America’s Forgotten Campaign

The American South became a battleground in the 1960s — not for soldiers, but for ants. In one of the strangest and most ambitious environmental campaigns in U.S. history, the federal government waged chemical warfare against an invasive species: the imported fire ant. Using a now-banned substance called Mirex, officials launched a massive eradication effort across millions of acres, claiming it would save agriculture, ecosystems, and the American way of life. What followed was a slow-motion disaster involving environmental fallout, scientific backlash, and a cover-up few remember today. In this episode of Zooaholics, we dive into America’s secret war on ants — a campaign of chemical weapons and ecological consequence. From the labs of the USDA to the forests of Mississippi, this forgotten war reveals how far a nation will go to exterminate a pest... and what it leaves behind.

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