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Main Title Protection of Shade Trees with DDT and Its Relation to Human Health.
Author Witter., Robert F. ;
CORP Author Communicable Disease Center, Atlanta, Ga.
Year Published 1959
Stock Number PB-276 890
Additional Subjects Industrial medicine ; DDT ; Insecticides ; Hazardous materials ; Pesticides ; Toxicology ; Humans ; Exposure ; Toxicity ; Experimental data ; Public health ; Physiological effects ; Reprints ; Toxic substances ; Occupational safety and health ; Agricultural workers
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NTIS  PB-276 890 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
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Abstract
Th toxicological properties of DDT have been studied thoroughly. Volunteers have ingested 35 mg. of DDT per day for 18 months, and occupational exposure of this magnitude can occur for as long as six and one half years with no apparent ill effects. Since the exposure of the spray operators and particularly the general public to this insecticide will be much less than the above amounts, it is anticipated that there will be no difficulties due to exposure to DDT during the program to control Dutch elm disease.