The Nation - News from May 16, 1986
A birth-control spray for cockroaches has been developed by a scientist who was instrumental in creating oral contraceptives for women, it was announced in New York. The spray contains an insect hormone that does not kill roaches but prevents them from reaching maturity and reproducing, said Carl Djerassi, who in 1951 invented Norethindrone, a synthesized hormone in the human birth control pill.
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