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1) Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroetha
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a chlorinated hydrocarbon used as a pesticide that is a persistent organic pollutant.
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a synthetic insecticide belonging to the family of organic halogen compounds, highly toxic toward a wide variety of insects as a contact poison that ... [18 related articles]
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DDT (from its trivial name, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is one of the most well-known synthetic pesticides. It is a chemical with a long, unique, and controversial history.
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Abbreviation for D2D2T,
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(common name)
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Di-chloro-di-phenyl-tri-chloro-ethane. Used as a Pesticide, it was extensively used during the Second World War among Allied troops and certain civilian populations to control insect typhus and malaria vectors, and was then extensively used as an agricultural insecticide after 1945. When DDT got into the food chain it caused problems at the top, pa...
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<chemical> This chlorinated organic insecticide was discovered by Swiss chemist Paul Muller in 1939. ... DDT has been especially useful in controlling mosquitos that carry malaria, but some strains of the insects have become resistant to it. DDT has comparatively low acute toxicity in humans (it is thought to cause cancer), but it persists fo...
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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; a moderately toxic chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticide, formerly widely used but now banned in the United States except for a few specialized purposes because its extremely long half-life causes ecological damage.
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An organochloride used as an insecticide. It has been banned since 1969 in most developed countries because it is a probable cause of cancer. However, it is still widely used in developing countries.
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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
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dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, a chlorinated hydrocarbon used as an insecticide.
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Ddt is an insecticide discovered in 1939 by Paul Muller.
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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Organic pesticide, banned in the U.S., but still used in some other countries.
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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
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dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane
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a chlorinated hydrocarbon used as a pesticide that is a persistent organic pollutant.
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An organic pesticide (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) used commonly in the United States from the mid-1940s to the early 1970s to control Mexican boll weevils, gypsy moths, mosquitoes, and other insect pests. DDT is highly persistent in the environment and is taken in by organisms and converted to DDE, a toxic compound that accumulates in fatty ...
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a dangerous insecticide - no longer used
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Dichloro diphenyl trichloroethane
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acronym: dichlorodiphenyl-trichloroethane (insecticide)
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Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, a potent insecticide now only used for the prevention of malaria in specific regions of the world when approved by the World Health Organization (WHO position paper). It is classified as a POP. Under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Compounds, use of this chemical in Europe is subject to restrictions...
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Insecticide discovered in 1939 by Swiss chemist Paul Müller. It is useful in the control of insects that spread malaria, but resistant strains develop. DDT is highly toxic and persists in the environment and in living tissue. The Stockholm Convention, which came into force in 2004, calls for a complete ban on DDT and eleven other organic pollu...
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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, CHCl, 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. Also called
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