In internal memos made public recently, officials from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency determined that acid waste from the nation’s largest manufacturer of DDT had not been contained in hundreds of thousands of sealed barrels.
Environmental health scientists and toxicologists have identified more than 40 DDT-related compounds accumulating in California condors.
some hope the groundbreaking research now underway could help regulators address the larger toxic legacy of deep-ocean dumping. “It’s time to do something,” said Chartrand, who urged everyone working on the issue to start gathering the additional data necessary to take more targeted action. “There’s tons of [DDT] out there, and we haven’t done anything about it.”dozens of mysterious barrels underwater, said that not having a physical object to search for makes the issue more complicated — and even more concerning.
He recently convened more than 50 scientists, regulators and environmental nonprofits in a conference to share ideas.
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