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RECORD NUMBER: 280 OF 397| Main Title | Protection of Shade Trees with DDT and Its Relation to Human Health. | |||||||||||
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| 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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| Collation | 4p | |||||||||||
| 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. |