In 1972, on the basis of toxicity to fish and migrating birds (but not to humans), the EPA banned virtually all uses of DDT, a pesticide once widely deployed to kill disease-carrying insects.

Years ago, DDT was one of the chemicals most widely used for controlling insects that attack crops or carry diseases such as malaria and typhus. The pesticide was banned in the United States in ...

The federal government banned the use of DDT in the early 1970's ... off the coast of Southern California that have the ...

In a world dominated with concerns over microplastics and "forever chemicals," DDT persists as an unresolved problem — long after the pesticide was banned in 1972 following Rachel Carson's book ...

A study by the Government's Pesticides Safety Directorate found the banned chemical DDT in a high proportion of samples of Anchor butter sold in the UK. Other chemicals, mainly fungicides ...

Half a million barrels of toxic waste lurking beneath the waves just miles from California’s coastline sounds like the plot ...

A study by the Government's Pesticides Safety Directorate found the banned chemical DDT in a high proportion of samples of Anchor butter sold in the UK. Other chemicals, mainly fungicides ...

The movie then cuts to archival footage spanning the development, popularization, investigation, and ultimately, the banning of the pesticide DDT. “We have 80 years of history to catch people up on,” ...

As a co-founder of the Environmental Defense Fund, she helped ban the insecticide DDT, starting in Suffolk County. It was particularly deadly to bald eagles. And in 1999, President Bill Clinton ...