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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane |
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POPs--for example, polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs), polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), and dichlorodiphenyldichloroethene (p,p'-DDE), the most stable merabolite of DDT--are ubiquitous environmental contaminants. Othmar Zeidler, a German chemist, first created dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane in 1874. The most cost-effective and safe insecticide has been, and in many instances still is, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). |
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