Health risks and benefits of bis(4-chlorophenyl)-1,1,1-trichloroethane (DDT)

DDT (bis[4-chlorophenyl]-1,1,1-trichloroethane) is a persistent insecticide that was used worldwide from the mid 1940s until its ban in the USA and other countries in the 1970s. When a global ban on DDT was proposed in 2001, several countries in sub-Sahar