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DDT: Should DDT be banned?
Title: DDT: Should DDT be banned?
Category: Social Sciences / Psychology
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DDT: Should DDT be banned?
Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane is one of the most controversial chemicals known to man, it was first produced in 1874, and its insecticidal properties were described by Paul Muller in the late 1930s. At one point in time this chemical was know for doing wonders, it was first used to protect military areas and personnel against malaria, typhus, and other vector-borne diseases. Many would say that Rachel Carson sparked the controversial debate over DDT, about eight years after Silent …showed first 75 words of 943 total…
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