 | Takamatsu no Miya Hi Gan Kenkyū Kikin. International Symposium, Lars Ernster - 1991 - 394 pages
...arsenate is even more persistent than DDT, and although natural, both lead and arsenic are carcinogenic. When the undesirable bioconcentration and persistence...persistent chemicals were developed to replace it. Examples are the synthetic pyrethroids that disrupt the same sodium channel in insects as DDT, are degraded... | |
 | Jay H. Lehr - 1992 - 868 pages
...insecticide, replaced lead arsenate, a major carcinogenic pesticide used before the modern era; lead arsenate is even more persistent than DDT. When the undesirable...at a concentration as low as a few grams per acre. Misconception No. 6: Storks Bring Babies and Pollution Causes Cancer and Birth Defects. The number... | |
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... was remarkably non-toxic to mammals, saved millions of lives, and has not been shown to cause harm to humans. To a large extent DDT, the first major synthetic insecticide, replaced lead arsenate, a major carcinogenic pesticide used before the modern... 