UC-San Diego: DDT Pollutants Found in Deep Sea Fish Off Los Angeles Coast
May 07, 2024
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 half a ce . . .
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 half a ce . . .