DDT
noun
: a colorless odorless water-insoluble insecticide C14H9Cl5 that is an aromatic organochlorine banned in the U.S. that tends to accumulate and persist in ecosystems and has toxic effects on many vertebrates
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Pesticide called ‘new DDT’ has been found in CT waterways.
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John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
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He is celebrated for his chillingly intelligent and captivating promos, his masterful understanding of ring psychology, and for innovating the iconic DDT finishing maneuver.
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By the mid-1980s, biochemists at Michigan State University were publishing evidence that, in experimental conditions, this crust fungus could degrade pollutants like the insecticide DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
—Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
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John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2025
Trump World’s 2028 Succession Struggle The National Pulse: DDT Network Emerges as Hub for Never Trump Operatives
NOTUS’s Liz Skalka: The Activist Who Persuaded Republicans To Target Trans Rights
Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 13 May 2025
He is celebrated for his chillingly intelligent and captivating promos, his masterful understanding of ring psychology, and for innovating the iconic DDT finishing maneuver.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
By the mid-1980s, biochemists at Michigan State University were publishing evidence that, in experimental conditions, this crust fungus could degrade pollutants like the insecticide DDT, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
—Lauren Oster, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 May 2025
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DDT
noun
: a colorless formerly used insecticide that is poisonous to many animals with backbones
Medical Definition
DDT
noun
: a colorless odorless water-insoluble crystalline insecticide C14H9Cl5 that tends to accumulate in ecosystems and has toxic effects on many vertebrates
called also chlorophenothane, dicophane
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