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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), DDT metabolites and pregnancy outcomes [PDF]
Reproductive Toxicology, 2012 Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) are persistent endocrine disruptors. OCPs cross the placenta; this prenatal exposure has been associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. We investigated associations between prenatal exposure to OCPs and gestational age and birth weight in 600 infants born between 1960 and 1963.
Katrina Kezios +8 more
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Two-faced Janus: on the 150th anniversary of the discovery of DDT
Успехи молекулярной онкологииOne of the factors associated with increased morbidity of malignant neoplasms is environmental pollution with cancerogenic compounds including pesticides.
O. V. Morozova +8 more
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Eclética Química, 2022 Advanced computational tools allowed to study a pure commercial sample of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) prepared in liquid phase in KBr pellets and characterized using FT-IR and GC-MS followed by the application of DDT for molecular docking ...
Tabe Ntui Ntui +8 more
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The Nanotechnology-Based Approaches against Kirsten Rat Sarcoma-Mutated Cancers
Pharmaceutics, 2023 Kirsten rat sarcoma (KRAS) is a small GTPase which acts as a molecular switch to regulate several cell biological processes including cell survival, proliferation, and differentiation. Alterations in KRAS have been found in 25% of all human cancers, with
Fernanda Andrade +9 more
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Environmental and Health Risks of Pesticide Use in Ethiopia [PDF]
Journal of Health and Pollution, 2021 Background. There are frequent reports of unsafe pesticide use in many parts of Africa. Ethiopia is the second most populous nation in Africa with around 80% of the population still depending on agriculture which intensively uses pesticides.
Beyene Negatu +2 more
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Culture & History Digital Journal, 2021 This paper reviews the way in which Spanish agriculture climbed onto the pesticide treadmill. We claim that Fascist policies and expert advice assembled in the early 1940s accelerated the introduction of pesticides into Spanish agriculture and promoted ...
Silvia Pérez-Criado +1 more
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Pyrethrum and the Second World War: Recontextualising DDT in the Narrative of Wartime Insect Control
HoST, 2022 Historians have long recognised that DDT’s fame began with extraordinary propaganda late in the Second World War, yet heroic narratives that centre the chemical still shape historical understanding.
Clarke Sabine, Brown Richard J. E.
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DDT Resistance Korean Body Lice and Development of Insecticide Resistance Knowledge during Korean War [PDF]
Uisahak, 2022 DDT exemplifies success and failure of modern science and technology. Once it was heralded as technological wonder that will deliver human from misery of insect-borne infectious disease.
Junho JUNG
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Environmental Science & Technology, 2007 One year after WHO recommended the use of DDT in developing countries to prevent the spread of malaria, the debate over its safety continues.
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