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 ...
While banned decades ago in industrialized countries, thousands of tons of the deadly pesticide DDT are still produced each year, causing health and environmental hazards in the U.S. and throughout ...
Have you ever gone through your old coins and found ones from the 1940s? If so, you might just have something that’s worth thousands of dollars. While not every old coin is valuable, there are ...
Analyses of pesticide residues in a wide range of marine organisms from the coastal waters of Sweden show that there is a marked contamination in the Baltic. There are signs of an increase in ...
The contamination remains persistent in an environment about 15 miles off the coast of Catalina Island, which served as a DDT dump site in the 1940s and 1950s, according to research published ...
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Chadd Scott covers the intersection of art and travel. Anyone who’s ever made the ferry ride from California’s mainland across the San ...