Despite a global ban on DDT to protect humans and the environment from its effects, the South African government has special permission to use it as an insecticide to control malaria. In some ...

The first report, "Resolving the DDT Dilemma," released in June 1998, notes that DDT is linked to effects in animals or humans such as reduced lactation and reproductive problems. Thousands of tons of ...

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 ...

appropriate mechanisms are necessary to ensure that human health is not compromised as reliance on DDT is reduced.

Each person is home to trillions of bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms, many of which have evolved alongside humans over millions of years and can affect our health for better or worse.

"This is a critical new step for the field because while there are many studies of animals demonstrating toxin effects on the sperm epigenome, studies in humans have not comprehensively demonstrated ...

For that reason, researchers wanted to work out whether there’s a middle ground, where human presence is implied rather than explicit. I call it the “Goldilooks effect”. Humans are wired to ...

With the latest generation of talent and tools at their disposal, visual effects filmmakers see a wide range of possibilities in the future, with or without virtual humans. "I think we can do just ...

Usually they affect each other in quite small ways. But there's one creature who affects all the others in quite an extreme way. It's called the human being. Because there are so many of us ...

But when a third stressor was added, resistance was reduced by 36%. This suggests that the combined effect of human-driven stressors on ecosystems is greater than the sum of the parts — an ...

concentrations in their body would just exceed those anticipated to have adverse health effects. For humans, risk–benefit ratios indicated that salmon consumption generally provides a net benefit.

Our 2021 impact report aims to highlight outcomes of our activity. We’ve showcased research underway to understand the impact of an environmental tragedy, the effect climate change is having on our ...