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May 31, 2022
Scott W. Stern
DDT Is Still With Us, 50 Years Since It Was Banned
Scientists have found toxic levels of the chemical at large. And some groups are making the case to produce even more.
May 4, 2022
Podcast
The Politics of Everything
So Long, DDT. See You Around Soon.
The United States banned the incredibly toxic pesticide DDT in the early 1970s. But it never went away.
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