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If over-used, DDT (Dichloro-Diphenyl-Trichloroethane) is likely to kill a lot of fish.

If used properly (something that the World Health Organization is trying to do) then it will be present in most plants and animals. It is highly unlikely that it will approach dangerous levels as you would have to literally eat buckets of DDT to approach lethal exposure.

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