It's called dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane or DDT. From Wordnik.com. [Craig and Marc Kielburger: Swatting Out Malaria with Education] Reference
Pesticides such as dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) are used primarily to control malaria as well as in the veterinary sector to control plague-transmitting fleas and trypanosomiasis transmitting tsetse flies. From Wordnik.com. [Chemical use in Africa~ opportunities and risks] Reference
DDT is an abbreviation for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. From Wordnik.com. [DDT] Reference
In Africa these include dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and Chlordane. From Wordnik.com. [Chemical use in Africa~ management and responses] Reference
The use of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, DDT for short, has been banned in most countries. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
DDT--dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane--is perhaps the most effective tool in the arsenal to combat the deadly malaria pandemic. From Wordnik.com. [Should We Feed Hungry People, Even If It's Bad For The Environment?] Reference
Four years of intensive work led to the synthesis of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and the basic Swiss patent was granted in 1940. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Müller - Biography] Reference
Over the past 30 years, a global outcry against using the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, has led to the resurgence of the mosquito, a voracious consumer of human blood and carrier of infectious disease. From Wordnik.com. [Scott Dodd: Climate Change Drives Dengue Fever Re-Emergence in U.S.] Reference
DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, seeped into all aspects of the ecosystem, from the water to plants to small animals. From Wordnik.com. [West Seattle Blog...] Reference
These include DDT, short for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (details here); Freons, which deplete the stratospheric ozone layer (details video). From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The plant was built to manufacture the pesticide carbaryl, under the trademark Sevin, which had been developed in 1957 as a 'safe' alternative to the controversial dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). From Wordnik.com. [CommonDreams.org Headlines] Reference
(from its trivial name, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) is one of the most well-known synthetic pesticides. From Wordnik.com. [Millard Fillmore's Bathtub] Reference
Review) (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) (Report): An article from: Environmental Health Perspectives by Brenda Eskenazi. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: DDT: The Silent Killer...Only When It Was Gone] Reference
30 years, a global outcry against using the pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, or DDT, has led to the resurgence of the mosquito, a voracious consumer of human blood and carrier of infectious disease. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
With dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. From Wordnik.com. [Syrphidae - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
DDT = dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. From Wordnik.com. [14. Saving seeds for planting] Reference
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