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ddt::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
| Type of | insect powder, insecticide, pollutant |
Examples of ddt
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This led to their near-extinction during the mid-1900s when DDT was used widely.
From the chron.com
Use of the compound plummeted, and in 1972, DDT was banned in the U.S. entirely.
From the time.com
I'm interested in what Rachel Carson said about DDT and cancer, for two reasons.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It is true that public health use of DDT is very distinct from agricultural use.
From the newscientist.com
Above all, says Cry California, swear off DDT and other chlorinated hydrocarbons.
From the time.com
When DDT was banned in the United States in 1972, the species started to recover.
From the latimes.com
England have got Sri Lanka in a bit of a headlock, and the DDT can't be far away.
From the guardian.co.uk
There was never a worldwide ban on DDT, and indeed many countries still use it.
From the guardian.co.uk
A highly effective pesticide similar to DDT, it is also a dangerous carcinogen.
From the time.com
- Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane: an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans; banned in the United States since 1972
- D-dopachrome decarboxylase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DDT gene.
- In professional wrestling a DDT is any move in which the wrestler has the opponent in a headlock, and falls down or backwards to drive the opponent's head into the mat. ...
- DDT (sometimes published as Dada Tennis, or Da-da Tennis) was a magazine of bizarre free-surrealist writings and graphics, which were chiefly created by its editor, Bill Paulauskas, who died in 2006. It was published by Paulauskas' Dream State Press, which he operated in New York City.
- Abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; an insecticide; a move where a wrestler puts another wrestler into a standing front face lock and then falls backwards, driving the recipient's head into the floor
- (DDTS) Distributed Defect Tracking System. Cisco tracks bugs in a variety of products, including router software, communication server software, and network management software, using a system called DDTS. ...
- An organochloride used as an insecticide. It has been banned since 1969 in most developed countries because it is a probable cause of cancer. However, it is still widely used in developing countries.
- The first chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide chemical name: Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane. It has a half-life of 15 years and can collect in fatty tissues of certain animals. ...
- Para-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane was commonly used during the latter half of the second World War. It was used to kill mosquitoes that carried malaria and yellow fever and it was also used to kill body lice that can transmit typhus. Many problems have been associated with the use of DDT. ...
