What is DDT? Why ban in India?
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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane(DDT) is an organic chlorine pesticide.Its probably ban because of effects on the environment and animals.populations of birds crashed when DDT thinned their eggs, killing their embryos. The pesticide, known for accumulating in food webs and persisting in soil and river sediment. hope this helps :)
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Hey !!
It is used as an insecticide. It creates pollution due to its extreme stability. It is ''non-biodegradable''. It is manufactured by the condensation of chlorobenzene with chloral (trichloroacetaldehyde) in the presence of sulphuric acid. It is also called p,p'-dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethance. It was earlier used to control malaria and typhoid.
But it is highly toxic to fish and due to stability, it get deposited and stored in animal fat tissues. Thus was banned in USA and India but still used in other countries of the world.
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