How are people exposed to DDT and DDE?
• Eating food is the primary source of exposure for the general population • Eating foods such as root and leafy vegetables, fatty meat, fish, and poultry • Eating imported foods from countries that still allow the use of DDT to control pests • Breathing contaminated air or drinking contaminated water • Skin contact with contaminated soil surfaces • Nursing on human breast milk from mothers who have been exposed
