Marine scientists have discovered a toxic waste dump in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California that includes more than 25,000 barrels of highly toxic, widely banned pesticide DDT. According to ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In 1945, Rachel Carson, then a marine biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, developed an interest in DDT, a powerful pesticide used to eliminate ...

» Will man’s extensive use of DDT upset the balance of nature in our forests, fields, arid streams? FROM ancient times diseases conveyed by insects have been the main cause of casualties in military ...

At least six cases of fatal DDT poisoning have been reported; numerous nonfatal cases are on record. DDT has, indeed, been getting into dairy products: the Department of Agriculture recently issued a ...

The pesticide’s defenders consider the dangers vastly exaggerated, although DDT poisoning can cause tremors and convulsion in man. “There isn’t anything that doesn’t have some toxic effect,” insists ...

The insecticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, DDT, was hailed as a miracle bug blaster in the 1940s, then demonized as a wildlife destroyer in the 1960s. The Environmental Protection Agency ...

American bald eagles made an incredible recovery. Now almost half suffer from lead poisoning due to ammunition fragments left in hunting carcasses.

Corroded barrel of DDT waste 3,000 feet deep in the waters not far from the Los Angeles harbor. There are thousands of barrels of DDT waste spread widely in the ocean floor of Southern California. The ...

There is an insecticide threatening the health of birds in Connecticut and the Connecticut Audubon Society hopes 2025 will be the year the state further restricts its use. “The evidence could hardly ...