There are many analogies between the environmental crisis of the 1960s — caused by the toxic pesticide DDT — and today's widespread contamination of the oceans with plastic, a Canadian marine ...

A pesticide sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some brook trout in the province, according to a new study. DDT was s prayed from planes across northern ...

Kurek said the conditions at the bottom of lakes, wetlands, and ponds are ideal for preserving DDT and studies have shown the insecticide is estimated to last in lake sediment for decades up to 150 ...

Since then, animal studies have linked DDT to reproductive issues and tumors, classifying it globally as a probable carcinogen.While it hasn’t been used in Canada for about 25 years, traces of DDT ...

In 1972, the Environmental Protection Agency banned DDT from most uses — which benefitted not just the bald eagle population, but also ospreys, falcons and other bird species. The banning worked ...