Scientists coined the term “forever chemical” (FC) to describe particularly stable fluorine-carbon compounds. DDT consists of hydrogen, chlorine and carbon, so it doesn’t quite fit the acronym, ...

For several years now, one question has held the key to understanding just how much we should worry about the hundreds of tons of DDT that had been dumped off the coast of Los Angeles: How ...

Chemical analysis revealed that the fish contained 10 DDT-related compounds, all of which were also present in sediment samples taken at the same time, the authors write. According to the ...

The peregrine falcon population plummeted due to the use of chemical compound DDT as an insecticide in the mid twentieth century. Peregrines picked up the chemical from the birds they ate.