DDT: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: The Ohio State University Pressbooks - DDT: Miraculous Powder or Elixir of Death? Nov 09, 2026
Top questions added. May 21, 2026
Article thoroughly revised and updated. May 21, 2026
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Endocrinology - Association between DDT or its byproducts and T2DM: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Nov 07, 2025
Add new Web site: PNAS - The persistent DDT footprint of ocean disposal, and ecological controls on bioaccumulation in fishes. Aug 30, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - Malaria Journal - Global trends in the production and use of DDT for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases. Jul 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Scholarship at Vanderbilt Law - The Regulation of DDT: A Choice between Evils (PDF). Apr 24, 2025
Add new Web site: NPIC - DDT (PDF). Feb 05, 2025
Add new Web site: BMC - Environmental Health - DDT, epigenetic harm, and transgenerational environmental justice. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: CAMEO Chemicals - DDT. Aug 12, 2024
Add new Web site: American Chemical Society - Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Dec 28, 2023
Add new Web site: American Heritage - The Deadly Dust: The Unhappy History Of DDT. Oct 20, 2023
Add new Web site: The Ohio State University Pressbooks - DDT: Miraculous Powder or Elixir of Death? Sep 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Science History Institute - Beyond Silent Spring: An Alternate History of DDT. May 23, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT): Ubiquity, Persistence, and Risks. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: National Pesticide Information Center - DDT. Dec 08, 2022
Add new Web site: United States Environment Protection Agency - DDT - A Brief History and Status. Sep 10, 2022
Added information about the accumulation of DDT in animals. May 12, 2022
Add new Web site: Pesticide Action Network North America -The DDT Story. Jul 17, 2015
Add new Web site: Cornell University Cooperate Extension - Pesticide Management Education Program - DDT. Jul 17, 2015
Added new Web site: Extension Toxicology Network - DDT. Jun 01, 2006
Article revised. May 04, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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