DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, ...

Billions of gallons of raw sewage and dangerous chemicals have been allowed to flow freely into the Tijuana River and on to ...

Biochar reduces DDT uptake by 50% in Swedish soil tests, opening the door to safe farming on contaminated land.

TORRANCE, Calif.— Following the recent discovery that up to 500,000 barrels of the banned pesticide DDT were dumped into the Pacific Ocean off Southern California, the Center for Biological Diversity ...

The treatment with biochar means that plants may take up less DDT from the soil as well, but they accumulate very little even without treatment. "The reason why the contaminated land is left ...