Chemistry, 30.11.2020 22:00 minixkevon

The pesticide DDT was first made by a chemical company in 1939 and became widely used worldwide. Evidence that DDT builds up in animal tissues and may cause health problems such as cancer and damage to organs, as detailed in Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring, resulted in DDT being banned in the US in 1972. How do you suppose science and society were affected by the ban of DDT?

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