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Oceans release DDT from decades ago

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Emissions of controversial pesticide are heading northwards.

A computer simulation of the environmental fate of DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) has revealed that substantial quantities of the pesticide are still being released from the world's oceans, despite widespread restrictions on its use during the 1970s.

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  1. Stemmler, I. & Lammel, G. Geophys. Res. Lett. 36, L24602 (2009).

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Lovett, R. Oceans release DDT from decades ago. Nature (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2010.4

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