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UC-San Diego: DDT Pollutants Found in Deep Sea Fish Off Los Angeles Coast
May 07, 2024
LA JOLLA, California, May 7 (TNSres) -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news:

Story by: Alex Fox

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. Due to the stubborn chemistry of DDT and its toxic breakdown products, this pollution continues to plague L.A.'s coastal waters more than . . .

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