Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Rachel Carson’s "Silent Spring" first sounded the alarm on DDT and its devastating effects on birds and fish, our ...

With the development of chemical technology, various new substances have been developed, but many have also been withdrawn ...

Fathers exposed to environmental toxins, notably DDT, may produce sperm with health consequences for their children, researchers report. The findings signal potential reproductive and health ...

A long-banned pesticide may be having health effects that ripple across generations, a new study suggests. At issue is DDT, a once widely used pesticide that was banned in the United States in 1972.

In the first study to report on the health effects of exposure to a toxic environmental chemical over three human generations, a new study has found that granddaughters whose grandmothers were exposed ...

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar. When they mixed ...

DDT is an endocrine disrupting environmental toxin that has been linked to health effects such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and reproductive problems in animals and humans. Because it decomposes ...

A long-banned pesticide may be having health effects that ripple across generations, a new study suggests. At issue is DDT, a once widely used pesticide that was banned in the United States in 1972.

A research team led by scientists from Florida International University (FIU) published a study (“Effects of DDT on Amyloid Precursor Protein Levels and Amyloid Beta Pathology: Mechanistic Links to ...

Killer whales, as apex predators with long lifespans, are prone to accumulating high levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) like DDTs in their bodies, raising concerns about the potential ...

Oakland, CA-In the first study to report on the health effects of exposure to a toxic environmental chemical over three human generations, a new study has found that granddaughters whose grandmothers ...