DDT

Watch videos about DDT

• November 2, 2012
  Plants vs. Pesticides

  Phytonutrients found in certain foods may protect against the toxic effects of industrial pollutants such as dioxin and DDT, suggesting a dual role for plant-based diets to reduce both exposure and..
• November 1, 2012
  Food Sources of Perfluorochemicals

  Where do DDT, hexochlorobenzene, PCBs, and perfluorochemicals (linked to thyroid disease) concentrate in the food supply?
• October 30, 2012
  DDT in Umbilical Cord Blood

  Are pregnant women who eat fish, other meat, and dairy still passing along the pesticide DDT even decades after it was banned?
• October 24, 2012
  Pesticides in Chinese Bamboo Shoots

  Cans of bamboo shoots imported from China may have concerning levels of pesticide contamination.
• October 22, 2012
  CDC Report on Environmental Chemical Exposure

  The latest national survey on the levels of chemical pollutants such as heavy metals, toxic solvents, endocrine-disrupters, flame-retardant chemicals, PCBs, and pesticides such as DDT in the bodies..
• January 22, 2011
  Avoiding Other Banned Pesticides

  Industrial pollutants in the food supply may help explain the link between dairy consumption and Parkinson's disease.
• January 21, 2011
  DDT in Fish Oil Supplements

  Though banned decades ago, the pesticide DDT persists in the food supply.
• October 4, 2010
  Farmed Fish vs. Wild-Caught

  The levels of industrial pollutants found in aquaculture.