Why was pesticide banned in 1972?

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To be more specific, the pesticide banned in the year of 1972 was DDT (Dicholoro-diphenyl-tricholoroethane). DDT was first synthesized in 1874 and the most popular use of DDT was to control malaria. Cases for malaria almost fell down from 400,000 in 1946 to virtually none in 1950. read more