More than 50 years after it was last used in New Brunswick, new research shows the insecticide DDT is still found in ...

The more entomologists study DDT, the new wonder insecticide, the more convinced they are that it may be a two-edged sword that harms as well as helps. To find out, they have lately taken to ...

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.

TORRANCE, Calif.— Following the recent discovery that up to 500,000 barrels of the banned pesticide DDT were dumped into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California, the Center for Biological Diversity ...

More than 50 years after it was last used in New Brunswick, new research shows the insecticide DDT is still found in "alarming" rates in trout, potentially posing a danger to other animals and ...

FREDERICTON - More than 50 years after it was last used in New Brunswick, new research shows the insecticide DDT is still found in “alarming” rates in trout in the province’s lakes ...