Aquatic Pollution and Coastal Management

Unit 4 : Pesticide pollution

4.9.1.1.Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane( DDT)
The most notorious organochlorine is the DDT promoted as a “cure all” insecticide in the 1940 DDT was widely used in agricultural production around the world for many years. It was also the chemical of choice for mosquito control. DDT was banned in many countries in the 1970’s in response to the public concern and mounting scientific evidence linking DDT with damage to wildlife. Since then agricultural uses of DDT have been outlawed worldwide. DDT has been shown to cause breeding failures in birds.

Derivatives of DDT:

• DDE – Dichloro Diphenyl Ethane
• DDD – Diclorophenol Dichlorethane