Seaweed attacks DDT.(The Beat)

From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: November 1, 2004| Author: Dooley, Erin E. | Copyright information

An international research team funded by the Royal Thai government has found that applying powdered seaweed to soil contaminated with the pesticide DDT can accelerate the breakdown of the contaminant. DDT was widely used from its introduction in the 1940s until it was banned in the United States in 1972. It is still used for mosquito control in some countrie...

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