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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.