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The DDT sprayed in the field gets passed to wild life through earthworms and cereals that grow in the field. The birds affected by DDT are robins, falcons, catbirds, wrens, doves, pelicans, and bald eagles. The large concentrations of chlorinated hydrocarbons do not usually kill the bird but it results in thinning of their egg shells. So when the birds incubate the eggs, the egg shells break since unable to support the weight of the bird thereby reducing the bird's population drastically. This egg-thinning exterminated the beautiful bird, Peregrine Falcon in eastern USA and in Canada. So USA banned DDT in 1972.
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What promblems were caused by the persitence of DDT?
Abusive use of DDT is considered as a danger for life of animals and humans being toxic and hardly degradable.
Why was DDT band in the late 1900s?
DDT was ban in the laye 1900's because it was killing the animal life- such as birds- and animal rights activists took it to court.
Is DDT a parasite?
DDT is an insecticide.
Why does DDT exist?
DDT is a pesticide.
What is DDT and what does it have to do with bio magnification?
DDT is dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane; biomagnification of DDT in some organisms is possible.
What is the half life of DDT?
The half life of organic compounds is not like the half life of radioactive materials. It is variable due to the impacts of water, light, temperature and the chemical reactivity of the soil. In the case of DDT (in soil) it can range between three weeks and 30 years.
What is ddt and what is it supposed to kill?
DDT is dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane.
Who are the DDT?
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is a strong insecticide.
What odor does DDT have?
DDT hasn't an odor.
The molecule weight of DDT is 354.5the quantity of DDT required to prepare one liter of 10ppm DDT solution is.?
DDT is not soluble in water.
When was Wild Wild Life created?
Wild Wild Life was created in 1986.
When was DDT banded?
DDT was banned in the USA in 1972.
