Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A contact insecticide, C14H9Cl5, occurring as colorless crystals or a whitish powder, toxic to humans and animals when swallowed or absorbed through the skin. Most uses have been banned in the United States since 1972.
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- noun uncountable Abbreviation of
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane ; an insecticide. - noun countable, professional wrestling a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor.
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- noun an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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In some cases, the term DDT will be used to refer to the collection of all forms of DDT, DDE, and DDD.
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The number of people sickened, killed, or suffering genetic, nervous system, and reproductive damage due to DDT is substantially higher than zero.
Think Progress » McCain Backs Down To Hannity: ‘I Never Quite Understood’ Global Warming 2010
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I worked for farmers who washed their hands in DDT mixed with water before they ate lunch.
Think Progress » McCain Backs Down To Hannity: ‘I Never Quite Understood’ Global Warming 2010
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But DDT is still a good example of environmentalism gone wrong.
Environmentalist Forecasting Model, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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IF DDT is used for indoor spraying of households, it does not appear to be harmful to humans and is effective in preventing malarial infection.
So I hear. 2009
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DDT is structurally similar to other probable carcinogens, such as DDD and DDE.
Waldo Jaquith - An illustration of the size of our nuclear arsenal. 2007
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According to one article by V.P. Sharma, The declining effectiveness of DDT is a result of several factors which frequently operate in tandem.
Waldo Jaquith - An illustration of the size of our nuclear arsenal. 2007
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DDT is not harmful, yet because of the hysteria and We must do something, ANYTHING, right now!
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Gotta say, he makes a strong point. 2007
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