CLAIM: Polio stopped spreading when the pesticide DDT stopped being used, not when vaccines for the virus were introduced. THE FACTS: Polio and its side effects, including paralysis, have been widely ...

Deep sea fish are contaminated with the pesticide DDT and other related chemicals off the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast and beyond, according to a study released this week. The fish, as well as ...

South Africa’s war on malaria is damaging the health of some children because the DDT insecticide used to kill the parasite is affecting their fathers’ sperm, a study found. The decade-long research ...

A Jan. 22 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) features several black and white photos that appear to show people being sprayed with white fumes. “Polio wasnt (sic) some single strain virus ...

Chemicals related to, but different from, DDT could be off the coast of the Palos Verdes Peninsula — and they could be even more dangerous the original insecticide. That’s according to scientists who ...

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin ...

Ever since DDT came out of the laboratory two years ago, chemists have been trying to improve on the “wonder killer.” Last week a Britisher announced his entry: “Activated DDT,” a concoction of ...

DDT and the American Century -- An island in a sea of disease: DDT enters a global war -- Disease, DDT, and development: the American Century in Italy -- Science in the service of agriculture: DDT and ...

Cannabis regulators have halted operations at several outdoor pot farms and processing facilities on a stretch of former fruit orchards in north-central Washington state after testing found high ...