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Dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane (DDT) is a contact and stomach insecticide first used during the Second World War for control of lice and mosquitoes to combat typhus and malaria [Snedeker (2001)]. From the 1950s on, it was excessively used on a variety of agricultural crops worldwide. DDT is toxic to freshwater and marine microorganisms, fish, amphibians and birds [Ritter et al (1995)].DDT is moderately to slightly toxic to mammals.
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Stemmler, I. (2010). Model application. In: The Role of the Ocean in Global Cycling of Persistent Organic Contaminants. Hamburg Studies on Maritime Affairs, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-05009-1_3
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