DDT is an insecticide commonly used to control mosquito-transmitted malaria in the 1900s, but was eventually banned across the globe because of extremely adverse side effects on human and...
May 11, 2016
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A recently published study in the journal Chemosphere sought to investigate the number of pesticide contaminants and...
Nov 16, 2015
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Researchers from George Washington University have found that men exposed to dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE)—a byproduct created when DDT...
Jul 31, 2015
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A recent study from the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism has found a correlation between fetal exposure to...
Jan 23, 2015
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A recent study published in Chemosphere found that catfish collected from multiple freshwater sites in South Africa contained organochlorine pesticide...
Nov 15, 2013
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New research shows that exposure to DDT could increase rates of obesity several generations down the line. Scientists at Washington State...
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