 
|  Hudson was founded in 1905 by H. D. Hudson and from its inception, established a world-wide reputation for quality and service. During World War II, the company produced an enormous quantity of sprayers and dusters for our forces overseas for their own use and use with refugees to help control malaria and other insect-borne diseases. This section of our website relates to our professional products which are used in special fields and for special purposes. Here, within Professional Products from H.D. Hudson, we are advocates for public health programs which remove the threat to life and human well being. Malaria has one of the largest histories of causing pain, suffering and death to millions of people in many parts of the world. Malaria is transmitted from the mosquito to humans when the mosquito seeks a blood meal thru a bite. In our advocacy we recognize that Malaria has been eradicated in many parts of the world. Many island nations have eliminated Malaria from their territory. Those with a follow thru program swiftly isolate any person who later comes down with the disease and they also do selective spraying to get rid of the carrier. In very large land masses with many nations have also eliminated Malaria and when brought in react with spraying programs to destroy the mosquito. The United States, in the 1930's, had areas where Malaria was ever present and other areas where Malaria moved in seasonally. In the late 1930's the U.S. Army held troop maneuvers in Louisiana and Texas. The biggest problem for the training program was that Malaria side lined huge numbers of the troops and threatened not only the training value of the program but the lives of the troops as well. Because of this states organized abatement and control programs to eliminate the breeding sources for mosquitoes, and sprayed or fogged the areas to kill night flying and biting mosquitoes. During WWII mosquito spraying was carried on in the South Pacific, India, Burma, areas of Europe and elsewhere. Malaria still sidelined more troops than war wounds. In those days the issue was one of control. When the troops left so did the control system and Malaria returned. Here and there around the world nations realized that Malaria not only drained economic growth but that it condemned people to lives of poor health, shortened life expectancy and created economic destruction. Under the United Nations and its World Health Organization the disease of Malaria was considered important to attack and remove. The World Health Organization and the long established Pan America Health Organization worked out a cooperative system to go after Malaria world wide. In following years there were many good results and some mistakes. So many programs had eradicated Malaria but without organized reaction to reinfection many countries went back to the old problems. Unfortunately nations often took the position that they could never eradicate Malaria and so they must control it. Something over seven or eight years ago WHO organized to go after Malaria where it created the greatest problems to people's health and lives. A unit within WHO was established and called World Health Organization Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES). Industry was invited to participate. Many pesticide formulators joined the effort and several equipment makers as well. Several projects were selected, worked on and several conclusions were written and published. Meanwhile, the terrible effects of Malaria energized WHOPES and the many years of updating from time to time the specifications for application created an effort to review the 1989 latest (then) issue of Specifications for Compression Sprayers. The 1989 document was a statement of requirements or demands. In 1989 and later several world wide sprayer producers offered units said to meet the demands. Most had several design elements in common. Makers were from developed industrial countries and others were from developing countries. In two thousand five WHOPES gathered a group in a series of meetings which culminated in England and following to WHO in Geneva where the 1989 specification declared by WHOPES was superseded and replaced the publication "Equipment Vector Control". Hudson sprayers are engineered and built to exacting specifications in order to assure long, dependable service in the most rugged and remote locations. Over the years we have pioneered advances in sprayer features and technology and we hold numerous sprayer and sprayer-related patents. The remarkable, world-wide experience we have gained producing the best sprayers for agriculture and world health, simply means that we have more knowledge about how to build better performing sprayers than anyone. Since 1952, Hudson X-PertŪ sprayers have been used by the World Health Organization throughout much of the world as part of disease eradication programs. Our X-Pert® disease vector sprayer has been found to comply with the performance guidelines of the World Health Organization Specification number WHO/VBC/89.970. Below you will find links to some of our products that are most used in the world of Disease Vector Control. CF Valve. Regulates pressure. Saves product. Makes Spraying easier. Ultra low volume sprayer. Back carry or vehicle mount. Large coverage area. Tek® Sprayers. Indoor or outdoor pest control. Stainless steel. MulteeJetŪ variable pattern nozzle. X-PertŪ Compression Sprayers. Trouble-free performance. For use in the most rigorous and demanding conditions in global and national disease vector control programs. 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