How to Use DDT in a Sentence

DDT

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  • In the 1960s, the insecticide DDT caused their eggs to weaken, then crack.
    — Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
  • Clues pointing to the radioactive waste emerged in the process of sorting through this DDT history.
    — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The lawsuit worked, and the local commission stopped spraying DDT.
    — Amanda Gokee, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • Some had been pushed to the brink by habitat destruction or pollutants such as the pesticide DDT.
    — John Flesher, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The California brown pelican was listed as an endangered species decades ago after the spread of the chemical DDT caused the shells of their eggs to thin.
    — Melody Petersen, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2024
  • Peregrine falcons were one of many species impacted by the insecticide DDT which thinned the shells of their eggs and led to a decline in population.
    — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2023
  • Survivors at the sessions spoke about their braids being cut off, and about being stripped of their Native clothing, then doused with disinfectants like gasoline and DDT.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2024
  • Malin said that the DDT made the eagle eggshells too soft to survive and negatively affected the population of bald eagles.
    — Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2024
  • In the 1970s, DDT was banned, and eventually a major effort to breed peregrine falcons in captivity and return them to the wild helped replenish their numbers.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 2 July 2023
  • Raptor populations plummeted in the first half of the 20th century because of widespread hunting and use of the insecticide DDT.
    — Ryan Mandelbaum, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
  • Sharpe and the institute believe the industrial pesticide DDT curtailed breeding on the island.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Simply not randomly shooting ravens, hawks and eagles, along with banning the harmful pesticide DDT, allowed many species, like eagles, cormorants and osprey, to return from the brink.
    — John Myers, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
  • In the late 1960s, the peregrine falcon was declared endangered by the federal government after a pesticide called DDT caused a rapid decline in population.
    — Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 28 June 2023
  • The marine biologist and passionate writer gave powerful voice to the harmful effect of pesticides like DDT.
    — Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Upon arriving for the school year, students were often coated in DDT powder to target disease-bearing insects like mosquitoes.
    — Ursula Running Bear, The Conversation, 15 June 2023
  • The population decrease comes after decades of peregrine falcons’ recovery from the effects of DDT, a compound introduced in 1947 to kill mosquitoes and other insects.
    — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • State and local health agencies from 13 Southern states began using the insecticide DDT in counties where malaria was reported, spraying millions of homes and using aircrafts for large areas.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The bald eagle population faced serious decline during the 20th century due to hunting, habitat loss and the effect of the powerful insecticide DDT.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The book highlights the effects of pesticides on the environment, especially DDT, which was a very popular insecticide until it was finally banned in 1972.
    — Gabriella Sotelo, Treehugger, 15 Aug. 2023

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