The Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund site, an area of contaminated sediment, faces renewed concerns over chemicals dumped into the ocean. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: I knew that ...

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As the region reckons with its toxic history of offshore dumping, the new findings raise troubling questions about whether the banned pesticide remains a threat to wildlife and human health In the ...

The dictionary states that DDT is a powerful insecticide that is restricted by law due to the damaging environmental effects it causes. If this is true, and if the "shoe fits," you should not wear it; ...

After an exhaustive historical investigation into the barrels of DDT waste reportedly dumped decades ago near Catalina Island, federal regulators concluded that the toxic pollution in the deep ocean ...