The federal government banned the use of DDT in the early 1970's, but more than 50 years later, researchers are still finding fish off the coast of Southern California that have the dangerous ...

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago by the Montrose Chemical Corporation, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the ...

The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the region decades later, according to researchers ...

Barrels of DDT waste — along with other chemicals — were likely poured directly into the ocean near Catalina Island, according to federal regulators. DDT ocean dumping in L.A. even worse than ...

DDT contamination remains persistent in an environment about 15 miles off the coast of Catalina Island, which served as a DDT dump site in the 1940s and 1950s, according to research published Monday.

“DDT is a threat to California’s economy, environment, and public health which is why I worked closely with Senator Feinstein to secure this funding,” Senator Alex Padilla said. “The research led by ...

Barrels of the toxic chemical were dumped along the Pacific coast decades ago. New research shows the material never broke down For years industrial companies in southern California used the coast ...

The documentary illustrates how DDT, although banned in the U.S. in the 1970s, continues to impact marine ecosystems and human health today. “DDT is the original ‘forever chemical’ before ...

Environmental policies, including the DDT ban and water management decisions, have led to dying forests and catastrophic California wildfires.

On Tuesday, California's Senator Alex Padilla and Representative Salud Carbajal (CA-24) joined 22 other federal lawmakers representing California in a letter asking for the Office of Management ...

The cause of most breast cancer is unknown, but a new study found that women exposed in the womb to the now banned pesticide DDT have a quadrupled risk of developing the disease. Genes account for ...

SAN DIEGO — The federal government banned the use of DDT in the early 1970's, but more than 50 years later, researchers are still finding fish off the coast of Southern California that have the ...