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DDT, Human Health, and the Environment

  • Seagren E
Journal of Environmental Engineering (2005) 131(12) 1617-1619
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)0733-9372(2005)131:12(1617)
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Highlights the aspects of DDT insecticide which made it controversial in the U.S. Effects of DDT on carnivores at the top of the food chain; Use of the insecticide to control the spread of insect-transmitted diseases; Discovery of DDT in human tissues.

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Seagren, E. A. (2005). DDT, Human Health, and the Environment. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 131(12), 1617–1619. https://doi.org/10.1061/(asce)0733-9372(2005)131:12(1617)

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