High concentrations of DDT found across vast swath of California ...
WebFri 24 Mar 2023 19.27 EDT. For years industrial companies in southern California used the coast as a dumping ground for toxic chemical waste, including DDT. Decades later, scientists have found...
Scientists uncover high amounts of pure DDT off L.A. coast - Los ...
WebMar 23, 2023 · Oct. 25, 2020. With a $5.6-million research boost from Congress, at the urging of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), numerous federal, state and local agencies have since joined with scientists...
California’s legacy of DDT waste: underwater dump site uncovers …
WebApr 30, 2021 · California’s legacy of DDT waste: underwater dump site uncovers a toxic history | Oceans | The Guardian. A barrel containing what scientists believe to be DDT waste sits on the ocean floor...
DDT waste barrels off L.A. coast shock California scientists - Los ...
WebApr 26, 2021 · Climate & Environment. Stunning DDT dump site off L.A. coast much bigger than scientists expected. A discarded leaking barrel sits 3,000 feet deep on the ocean floor near Santa Catalina Island....
25,000 Barrels Possibly Laced With DDT Are Found Off California …
WebApr 28, 2021 · A barrel laced with DDT, a pesticide banned in 1972, on the seafloor off the coast of California. David Valentine, U.C. Santa Barbara/AUV Sentry. Some of the barrels may have been languishing...
The legacy of DDT dumping off L.A.'s coast - Los Angeles Times
WebMay 18, 2022 · Significant amounts of DDT-related compounds are still accumulating today in Southern California dolphins and California’s critically endangered condors, and a recent study linked the...
Deep Ocean DDT+ Contamination in Southern California
WebDDT, an insecticide banned in 1972, has harmful impacts on wildlife and potential carcinogenic effects on humans. The unknowns about deep ocean DDT+ instigated a call to action by researchers, national and state leadership, and …
Scientists Uncover Startling Concentrations of Pure DDT Along …
WebMar 23, 2023 · Significant amounts of DDT-related compounds continue to accumulate in California condors and local dolphin populations, and a recent study linked the presence of this once-popular pesticide to an aggressive cancer in sea lions.
Chemical Dumpsite Offshore Southern California - Scripps …
WebSetting the stage for addressing California’s DDT challenge. In early 2021, Scripps Institution of Oceanography conducted a preliminary survey that mapped the debris field (more than 36,000 acres of seafloor) between Santa Catalina Island and the Los Angeles coast, in the San Pedro Basin.
Seafloor survey finds thousands of barrels at DDT dumpsite off …
WebMay 7, 2021 · Reporting on this issue by the Los Angeles Times noted that shipping logs from a disposal company supporting Montrose Chemical Corp. of California, a DDT-producing company, show that 2,000 barrels of DDT-laced sludge could have potentially been dumped each month from 1947 to 1961 into a designated dumpsite.
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