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    Ddt
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    DDT or 2,2-bis( p -chlorophenyl)-1,1,1,-trichloroethane, chlorinated...Medicine for discovering (1939) DDTs insecticidal properties. DDT, however, is toxic to many animals, including humans, and...particularly the bald eagle and the osprey. Nevertheless, DDT use continues in parts of the world, particularly in tropical...
     
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    MÜller, Paul Hermann
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...physiology or medicine for discovering (1939) that DDT was an effective insecticide. Although the use of DDT would be banned in the United States in 1972...public-health breakthrough at the time because DDT and products based on it enabled the control...
     
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    Tropical Medicine
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...for more efficient synthetic antimalarial drugs. DDT, introduced in World War II to eradicate the malaria-carrying...effects in the environment, and the persistent use of DDT in China for rice pests has produced DDT-resistant mosquitoes that now carry malaria. Resistance...
     
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    Pesticide
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...neem) or minerals, or they can be chemically manufactured (e.g., DDT, 2,4-D). Natural predators and other biological methods are also...tends to increase the higher the animal is in the food chain. DDT , for example, severely reduced the rate of reproduction in many...
     
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    Organic Farming
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

    ...as elsewhere, awareness of the environmental damage and threats to health (see pollution ; environmentalism ) caused by DDT, dieldrin, and other insecticides and by the excessive use of chemical fertilizers has fostered interest in organic gardening...
     

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