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DDT
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DDT

Insecticide discovered in 1939 by Swiss chemist Paul Müller. It is useful in the control of insects that spread malaria, but resistant strains develop. DDT is highly toxic and persists in the environment and in living tissue.

The Stockholm Convention, which came into force in 2004, calls for a complete ban on DDT and eleven other organic pollutants. However, public-health use of DDT in tropical countries (where the threats of mosquito-borne infections such as malaria far outweigh any concerns over DDT's toxicity) remains exempt from the ban until a viable alternative has been found.



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POPs--for example, polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (p,p'-DDE), the most stable merabolite of DDT--are ubiquitous environmental contaminants.
Impact of PCB and p,p'-DDE contaminants on human sperm Y:X chromosome ... by Giwercman, Aleksander / Environmental Health Perspectives
Othmar Zeidler, a German chemist, first created dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in 1874.
Stopping malaria: in the wake of the tsunami, malaria and other ... by Behreandt, Dennis / The New American
The most cost-effective and safe insecticide has been, and in many instances still is, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT).
Malaria control and public health by Rogan, Walter J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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