What does DDT do to the environment?
Aquatic organisms are very vulnerable to DDT, so since DDT gets washed up when it rains into the oceans, ocean life is affected, especially those top tier predators like sharks and swordfish since they eat a lot of other fish that have DDT inside. Other than that there isn’t really much else. The famous thinned eggshell is controversial because in the testing of DDT the scientists put the DDT in a mixture with many other known egg thinning chemicals, so the results don’t reflect the properties of DDT. You only need a very small amount to repel most pests. Any problems occurring only occurred from uneducated farmers spraying massively excessive amounts on their crops. And by massive I mean MASSIVE. DDT is even effective against DDT resistant mosquito. They don’t die instantly as other mosquitoes do, but they still are repelled by the chemical. Also, in several studies, DDT in high doses have been found to have little effect on the human body. Subjects ingested i think around 150 mg of D
