What is Ddt?

quickly metabolize the DDT (1). This fact sheet was created in 1999; some of the information may be out-of-date. NPIC is not planning to update this fact sheet. More pesticide fact sheets are available here. Please call NPIC with any questions you have about pesticides at 800-. read more

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline organochlorine known for its insecticidal properties and environmental impacts. read more

DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was developed as the first of the modern synthetic insecticides in the 1940s. It was initially used with great effect to combat malaria, typhus, and the other insect-borne human diseases among both military and civilian populations. read more

DDT, also known as dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, belongs to a class of pesticides known as organochlorides. A synthetic chemical compound that must be made in a laboratory (it doesn't occur in nature), DDT is a colorless, crystalline solid. read more