Multiple choice

DDT (Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane) is

  1. a herbicide

  2. a fungicide

  3. a weedicide

  4. an insecticide
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Explanation

DDT was a commonly used pesticide for insect control in the United States until it was cancelled in 1972 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). DDT was initially used by the military in WW II to control malaria, typhus, body lice and bubonic plague (1).

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