Widely used during and after World War II to combat mosquito-borne diseases, DDT became integral to agricultural and public health programs globally. However, its classification as a Persistent ...

In 2016, researchers also identified the pesticide DDT, used to control mosquitoes ... operated from the end of World War II until the early 1960s. The base – which according to news articles ...

He worked for the Brooklyn Dodgers and wrote about sports but mostly focused on conservation, publishing a sequel to Rachel ...

On June 14, 1940, German troops entered Paris during World War II; the same day, the Nazis transported their first prisoners ...

The average corn yield last year in McLean County was nearly 247 bushels per acre. That's enough to blow the minds of the ...

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Norman Borlaug's research saved lives, but we must consider how the resulting technologies have been applied. While his ...

Women exposed in the womb to high levels of the pesticide DDT have a nearly fourfold increased risk of developing breast cancer, according to new results of research conducted on California ...

Chemical companies that created the world’s largest DDT dump will pay $73 million to help restore the ocean environment off Southern California, according to a court settlement filed Tuesday.

The United States and Italy signed a pact to bolster efforts to recover the remains of American soldiers who went missing in action during World War II, officials announced Tuesday. The Defense ...

LINCOLN, R.I. (WJAR) — A World War II veteran who lives in Lincoln got a very special birthday surprise Saturday afternoon. ALSO READ: Memorial Day weekend promises gradually improving weather ...