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Jlenok [28]
3 years ago
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Biology
1 answer:
laiz [17]3 years ago
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Answer:

Originally developed as an insecticide, it became infamous for its environmental impacts. DDT was first synthesized in 1874 by the Austrian chemist Othmar Zeidler. DDT's insecticidal action was discovered by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller in 1939.

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