dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

(noun)

a chlorinated hydrocarbon which is mainly used as an insecticide (DDT)

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Examples of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in the following topics:

  • Biological Magnification

    • Many substances have been shown to bioaccumulate, including classical studies with the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), which was published in the 1960s bestseller, Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson.