Not since DDT was banned more than 50 years ago have independent scientists made a more compelling case for the urgent need ...
From the 1930s to early 1970s, companies were allowed to dispose of chemicals off the California coast. One of those chemicals, DDT, is a synthetic insecticide developed in the 1940s and banned in ...
The deep ocean off southern California has historically been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial wastes. Scripps Institution of Oceanography and collaborators are investigating ...
TORRANCE, Calif.— Following the recent discovery that up to 500,000 barrels of the banned pesticide DDT were dumped into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California, the Center for Biological Diversity ...
“When the DDT was disposed, it is highly likely that ... of other offshore dump sites — whether along the Southern California coast or elsewhere in the country — could be conducted.
Annie the peregrine falcon is UC Berkeley’s very own celebrity mom, with fans around the world — but 50 years ago, her ...
Millions of people around the world will pause on Monday, at least for a moment, to mark Earth Day. How did it get started?
For decades, a graveyard of corroding barrels has littered the seafloor just off the coast of Los Angeles. It was out of sight, out of mind — a not-so-secret secret that haunted the marine ...
DDT was killing bald eagles ... That same year a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, California, convinced Sen. Gaylord ...
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Hope can fuel the action needed to keep tackling the climate crisis. Experts say tremendous progress has already been made.