DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is a synthetic insecticide once widely used to control mosquitoes and agricultural pests. Its insecticidal properties were discovered in 1939 by Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller. Although highly effective against disease-carrying insects, DDT persists in the environment and accumulates in animal tissues, leading many countries to ban or restrict its use beginning in the 1970s.
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