Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Sources

  • Atmospheric deposition
  • Soil and sediment runoff
  • Improper use and disposal
  • In farms and contaminated soil where plants will grow and absorb DDT
  • In contaminated water where fishes and shellfish will absorb it
  • In medicines: on rare occasions DDT has been administered orally as a treatment for barbiturate poisoning
  • Thus we will absorb DDT by eating contaminated marine life and crops. This could then expose infants to DDT when they feed on breast milk


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