Paul Miller
Paul Hermann Muller discovered the insecticide effect of DDT in 1939 but the compound is known from 1874.
Rachel Carson in her book Silent Spring
The first man-made insecticide was DDT, which was developed in 1939 by a Swiss chemist named Paul Hermann Müller. DDT was widely used to control insect pests during World War II and in agriculture until its harmful effects on the environment and human health were discovered.
DDT is an insecticide.
DDT is dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane; biomagnification of DDT in some organisms is possible.
DDT was discovered in 1874 but the confirmation as a strong pesticide is from 1939.
Paul Hermann Muller discovered the insecticide effect of DDT in 1939 but the compound is known from 1874.
DDT, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, was first synthesized in 1874, but the insect killing properties of this chemical were not realized until 1939. It was eventually banned in the US and some other countries because of the hazards it poses to other life. A link can be found below.
Rachel Carson in her book Silent Spring
The first man-made insecticide was DDT, which was developed in 1939 by a Swiss chemist named Paul Hermann Müller. DDT was widely used to control insect pests during World War II and in agriculture until its harmful effects on the environment and human health were discovered.
DDT is a pesticide.
DDT is an insecticide.
DDT is dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane; biomagnification of DDT in some organisms is possible.
DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is a strong insecticide.
DDT hasn't an odor.
DDT is dichlorodiphenyltrichlorethane.
DDT is not soluble in water.