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New research has found deep-sea fish off the coast of Los Angeles have the presence of the pesticide DDT, over half a century after the area was an offshore dump site. Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego State University (SDSU) announced the new findings Monday.

Marine life off the Los Angeles coast may still be impacted by the effects of a long-disused DDT dumping site, a report from UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and SDSU researchers found

A toxic agricultural insecticide banned four decades ago is still contaminating deep-sea fish and sediments off California’s southern coast, a new study has found. While the U.S. banned the compound dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) in 1972, the study authors believe the substance is continuing to invade marine food webs. The contamination remains persistent in an environment about…

<p>New research from scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego State University (SDSU) finds deep-sea fish and sediments collected from near the Catalina Island offshore dump site are contaminated with numerous DDT-related chemicals. </p>

Scientists have found DDT in zooplankton and deep-sea fish off the coast of L.A., indicating the toxic chemical might be infiltrating the base of the food web.

Marine life off the Los Angeles coast may still be impacted by the effects of a long-disused DDT dumping site, a report from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego State University researchers found Monday.

Marine life off the Los Angeles coast may still be impacted by the effects of a long-disused DDT dumping site, a report from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego State University researchers found Monday.

Michael B. O’Sullivan, M.D., age 88, passed away peacefully at Charter House in Rochester, MN, on April 20, 2024. The sixth of seven children, he was born to Nora (née Ahern) and Mícheál Ó’Súilleabháin on August 20, 1935, in Tralee, Co. Kerry, Ireland. His upbringing in Listowel instilled a lifelong love of learning, a strong work ethic, a competitive spirit, an appreciation of music as the universal uniter, and a steadfast pride in his Irish heritage.

LOS ANGELES — When Christopher Tubbs joined an ambitious multinational effort to save California condors from the brink of extinction, he knew the odds of success were long.

A new study has found contaminants that were banned decades ago are still imperiling critically endangered California condors. The condors may be at increased risk for reproductive impairment because they consume dead marine mammals along the California coast.