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The government has sent 480 tonnes of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, better known as DDT, which was brought in from Pakistan in the 1980s as a measure against malaria-carrying mosquitos, to France for safe disposal.
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DDT, abbreviation of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, also called 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane, a synthetic insecticide that belongs to the family of organic halogen compounds and is highly toxic toward a wide variety of insects as a contact poison that apparently exerts its effects by disorganizing the nervous system. DDT, prepared by the reaction of chloral with chlorobenzene in the presence of sulfuric acid, was first made in 1874. Its insecticidal properties were discovered in 1939 by a Swiss chemist, Paul Hermann Müller. During and after World War II, DDT was found to b...
The country is experiencing resistance of mosquitoes to pesticides and malaria parasites are not responding to approved drug
Takeshita said he hopes to return to the US soon.