Scientists uncover high amounts of pure DDT off L.A. coast
WEBMar 24, 2023 · Environmental health scientists and toxicologists have identified more than 40 DDT-related compounds accumulating in California condors. May 17, 2022
DDT waste barrels off L.A. coast shock California scientists
WEBApr 26, 2021 · Deep sea explorers are stunned when they investigate a mysterious dumpsite for DDT waste barrels off the coast of Los Angeles
DDT pollutants found in deep sea fish off Los Angeles coast
WEB4 days ago · University of California - San Diego. "DDT pollutants found in deep sea fish off Los Angeles coast." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 05 / 240506131624.htm (accessed May 9 ...
High concentrations of DDT found across vast swath of California ...
WEBMar 24, 2023 · On the central California coast, which also served also a dumping ground for DDT, a 20-year-long study found a link between exposure to contaminants and high rates of cancer and herpes in sea...
Concerning levels of DDT found in deep-sea fish off L.A.
WEB4 days ago · Margaret Stack, first author of a new study that found DDT in deep-sea organisms, prepares for a chemical analysis at San Diego State’s School of Public Health. The study, published Monday in ...
25,000 Barrels Possibly Laced With DDT Are Found Off California …
WEBApr 28, 2021 · A barrel laced with DDT, a pesticide banned in 1972, on the seafloor off the coast of California. David Valentine, U.C. Santa Barbara/AUV Sentry. Some of the barrels may have been languishing...
DDT Pollutants Found in Deep Sea Fish off Los Angeles Coast
WEB4 days ago · Typically, testing for DDT looks for four to eight chemicals, but a 2016 paper co-authored by Hoh and Aluwihare identified 45 DDT-related chemicals in the blubber of dolphins from off the coast of Southern California. The results demonstrated that wildlife was being exposed to a much larger suite of DDT compounds in the real world.
WEBApr 28, 2024 · Significant amounts of DDT-related compounds continue to accumulate in California condors and local dolphin populations, and a recent study linked the presence of this once-popular pesticide to...
DDT pollutants found in deep sea fish off LA coast raise …
WEB4 days ago · In the 1940s and 1950s, the ocean off the coast of Los Angeles was a dumping ground for the nation's largest manufacturer of the pesticide DDT—a chemical now known to harm humans and wildlife.
California’s legacy of DDT waste: underwater dump site …
WEBMay 1, 2021 · The southern California city of Torrance, north of Santa Catalina Island, was once the center of DDT production in the US. The insecticide was produced there in massive volumes after the second...
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