Marine life off the Los Angeles coast may still be impacted by the effects of a long-disused DDT dumping site, a report from ...
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — New research has found deep-sea fish off the coast of Los Angeles have the presence of the pesticide DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane), over half a century after the ...
As the region reckons with its toxic history of offshore dumping off the California coast, new findings raise troubling questions about whether the banned pesticide remains a threat to wildlife and ...
The study found that deep-sea fish and sediments near the Catalina Island dump site are still laden with DDT-related ...
Scores of emaciated brown pelicans, too weak to fly, have been found on Southern California beaches in the last month ...
A toxic agricultural insecticide banned four decades ago is still contaminating deep-sea fish and sediments off California’s ...
Scientists have found DDT in zooplankton and deep-sea fish off the coast of L.A., indicating the toxic chemical might be ...