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High levels of DDT found in N.B. brook trout decades after spraying • Apr. 27, 2025, 11:53 PM ET (CBC)

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Also Known As	1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl) ethane • dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

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endocrine disruptor organohalogen compound insecticide neonicotinoid dioxin chlorophenol Freon tear gas benzene hexachloride phosgene chlordane aldrin cyanogen halide

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Paul Müller

Paul Hermann Müller

Swiss chemist