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- noun organic chemistry (in combination) Two
chlorine atoms in amolecule .
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The statement said that there was also growing concern that some mosquitoes were gaining resistance to DDT, formally known as dichloro-diphenyl-trichloromethylmethane.
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The statement said that there was also growing concern that some mosquitoes were gaining resistance to DDT, formally known as dichloro-diphenyl-trichloromethylmethane.
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That was when researchers discovered that the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases like typhus.
About Those Malaria Goals Richard Tren 2010
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That was when researchers discovered that the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases like typhus.
About Those Malaria Goals Richard Tren 2010
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That was when researchers discovered that the chemical dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, or DDT, could stop epidemics of insect-borne diseases like typhus.
About Those Malaria Goals Richard Tren 2010
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The African American Environmentalist Association and numerous other organizations believe that DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) insecticide should be used to prevent deaths from malaria in African countries.
Malaria and DDT 2009
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In the case of β-HCH, and in the case of contaminants that partition strongly onto particles (e.g., many PAHs, dichloro-diphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and highly chlorinated PCBs), changes in rainfall patterns (amount and location) are very likely to alter the efficiency of transport to arctic locations and capture within the Arctic.
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DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro-ethane) - a colorless, odorless insecticide that has toxic effects on most animals; the use of DDT was banned in the US in 1972.
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Pollution from pesticides such as DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-tricholoroethane) and chemical sprays used in tsetse fly control may also be severely affecting the biota of this ecoregion.
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See also, this study of 1,400 New York City breast cancer victims showing a strong correlation to dichloro-ethylene, a breakdown product of common pesticides:
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