Before it was banned, DDT is sprayed all over Columbus, Georgia. This “miracle” insecticide was used to prevent epidemics in ...

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago by the Montrose Chemical Corporation, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the region ...

What was the historical use of DDT and how was it disposed of? Commercial use of the insecticide DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was banned in the United States ...

While banned decades ago in industrialized countries, thousands of tons of the deadly pesticide DDT are still produced each year, causing health and environmental hazards in the U.S. and throughout ...

DDT, the “wonder insecticide” that had millions of dollars worth of free advertising, is a very good insecticide. But it will not do everything. In too small quantities, it will not do anything.

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago by the Montrose Chemical Corporation, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the ...

For the first time, malaria-carrying mosquitoes in Tanzania have genetically mutated to survive the long-banned pesticide DDT ...

Toxic pesticides dumped off Southern California’s coast decades ago are staying put — deep in adjacent ocean sediments and in the fish that reside in these habitats, a new study has found.