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In addition, the unruly owl experienced exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides, DDE, a compound of chemicals that are used to kill rodents within New York City, the necropsy said.
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USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Toxicology tests also revealed trace amounts of DDE, a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT, which has been banned in the United States since the early 1970s.
—Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Toxicology testing also revealed trace amounts of DDE, a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT, the WCS said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024
However, studies have focused on ingestion of the chemical, such as by eating fruit contaminated with pesticide residue; less is known about the effects of inhaling DDE.
—Gene Johnson, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
USA TODAY, 26 Mar. 2024
Toxicology tests also revealed trace amounts of DDE, a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT, which has been banned in the United States since the early 1970s.
—Ed Shanahan, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Toxicology testing also revealed trace amounts of DDE, a breakdown product of the pesticide DDT, the WCS said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024
However, studies have focused on ingestion of the chemical, such as by eating fruit contaminated with pesticide residue; less is known about the effects of inhaling DDE.
—Gene Johnson, ajc, 8 Apr. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
dichlor- + diphenyl + ethylene
First Known Use
1949, in the meaning defined above
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“DDE.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/DDE. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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Medical Definition
DDE
noun
: a persistent organochlorine C15H8Cl4 that is produced by the metabolic breakdown of DDT
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