DDT

DDT could save the one million people that die from the deadly disease malaria per year. DDT was an insecticide developed in the 1940s. It was initially used with great effect to combat malaria and other insect-borne diseases. It also was effective for insect control in crops, homes, and gardens. After news that the insecticide was perilous in 1962, the United States prohibited the use of it in 1972, as well did numerous countries. The use of DDT is advantageous to people because it prevented Malaria and was a low-costing insecticide, but it might cause cancers. DDT prevented the transmission of the deadly disease malaria. It was a non-harmful insecticide, that was regularly utilized during World War Two. It was used…

DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane), Chemical formula (C14H9Cl5), was well known as a kind of Organochlorine insecticides. It is a colorless crystalline substance. As a kind of Organochlorine insecticides, DDT kills insects by opening sodium ion channels in insects' neurons, causing the neurons to fire spontaneously. This leads to death of insects. Insects with certain mutations in their sodium channel gene may be resistant to DDT and other similar insecticides. DDT was first…

Restricted use of DDT is allowed for fighting the mosquito species that carries malaria. Research and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using DDT. Be sure to point out what DDT stands for. Type one page, single-spaced in 12 point font. Cite your sources (15 points). DDT is a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide. Like other chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons, DDT tends to persist in the environment and become concentrated in animals at the head of the food chain. Its use is now…

revolution led to the banning of DDT and similar chemicals to DDT in the US as well as numerous other acts to promote a better environment. It is known that DDT had negative effects on the environment, but the effects of DDT on human health some claim are often misinformation. DDT, originally made as a pesticide, can present a danger to humans in large doses, however, its only real danger is to animals. DDT,…

In Sub- Sahara Africa, malaria has killed four million citizens, and the number of cases have quadrupled since 1980. Unfortunately, Sub-Saharan countries can’t afford medication because it has a low economic growth rate. Since DDT is a very cheap and effective insecticide, governments in Sub- Sahara Africa use it to prevent malaria outbreaks. Even though DDT is cheap, it should not be used because it causes more harm than benefits: it has harmful chemicals that destroy the environment and kill…

Environmental effects of DDT DichloroDiphenylTrichloroethane (DDT) is an insecticide that was used to kill mosquitos and other insects between 1939 and 1972. It is a colorless, tasteless, crystal like and almost odorless chemical. DDT, C14H9Cl5 (Figure 1), was discovered by the chemist Zeidler in 1874 (DDT, 2000). In 1939, Paul Herman Müller (a chemist), discovered the insecticidal properties of DDT. Paul was looking for a pesticide so powerful that even if an insect flew over it it would die.…

of these postwar products was the latest in bug-killing technology, a chemical known as DDT. The new “miracle pesticide,” as some called it, had proven to be an effective tool for the elimination of disease in the European and the Pacific Theaters and consumers were eager to get their hands on the insect-killing “war hero” for use in their homes and yards. In the fall of 1945 when the government finally lifted restrictions on domestic DDT sales, consumers around the country flocked to their…

vegetation. Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) was one of the first chemicals that were widespread as a pesticide. DDT is one of many substances that are classified as endocrine disrupting chemicals. These chemicals, at certain doses, can interfere with the endocrine system in mammals. The chemicals that are and have…

pesticides such as DDT have on the environment, animals, and humans. This environmental movement offered new insight about the harm pesticides have on all living organisms. In Silent Spring Rachel Carson starts an environmental movement by informing the public of the dangers of pesticides, which causes a shift in views towards pesticides and the harm they do to the environment. Rachel Carson faced many challenges and negative attention from the chemical industry. She faced a lot of controversy…

1960’s as a response to the massive amounts of DDT being spread throughout the United States. DDT had first been introduced in the wake of World War II as a “wonder pesticide” that could eliminate all pests. The real problems began rising when farmers starting using much more of the pesticide than were necessary. Farmers were using as much as two pounds of DDT per acre on their crops, and not long after the effects were becoming noticeable in the food chain. (McKibben and Gore, pg. 365) When it…