dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

A chlorinated, hydrocarbon-based insecticide. It originally was considered safe and effective but proved to have negative human health and environmental consequences. The abbreviated name of a chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, dichloro-diphenyl-trichloromethane. It is persistent in the environment and biomagnifies in birds of prey. The Environmental Protection Agency canceled U.S. registration of virtually all but emergency uses of DDT in 1972.

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