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 ...

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 ...

DDT was identified as a potent insecticide in 1939 and was heavily used during World War II; after the war, it became the global insecticide of choice in households, for agriculture, and for ...

After it was successfully used to fight disease during World War II, DDT’s production soared. It was used in everything from sprays to bug-killing wallpaper. Applying her skills as a biologist ...

What does it mean to be a forever chemical? Rosanna Xia: DDT was considered a wonder pesticide and was credited for playing a huge role in World War II because many soldiers were affected abroad ...

Bald eagles have had a tough go over the years, in large part because of the pesticide DDT that once was widely used. “Shortly after World War II, DDT was hailed as a new pesticide to control ...

What if, after the Allies won World War II, world health officials had employed a Nazi version of DDT against mosquitoes that transmit malaria? Could that persistent disease, which still infects ...

DDT is a powerful pest killer. It’s a chalky white synthetic substance found startlingly useful as an insecticide in the late 1930s. First put to widespread use in World War II, it was hailed as a ...

DDT, initially regarded as a magical miracle chemical, was sprayed profusely after World War II until environmental concerns arose in the 1960s. Although many nations banned it in the 1970s, some ...

One team of scientists, in an attempt to map and scan the seafloor for DDT-related waste, discovered instead a multitude of discarded military explosives from the World War II era. Another team ...

DDT was actually used after World War II in the U.S. in an attempt to control polio, with some public health officials mistakenly believing the virus might have been spread by flies. It was banned ...