ddt
滴滴涕
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Chemistry.
- : a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. since 1973.
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DDT, PCBs, and others have been shown to cause cancer, nervous system damage, and hormonal changes, according to Rochman.
The disease remains a global scourge despite rapid advances in providing insecticide nets and spraying homes, mostly with DDT.
Three years later, the property was covered in asphalt to prevent the DDT in the soil from being carried by the wind.
She never stopped us when we chased the mosquito man's truck as it blew a cloud of DDT into our smiling faces.
DDT, two pounds per 100 gallons of spray solution or a dust of one per cent.
Although some chickens had DDT tremors the next day, all appeared normal two days later.
DDT to control insects affecting man and animals in a tropical village.
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