This indicates that the bioavailability of DDT to soil organisms had been reduced—meaning that the soil had become less toxic, with a lower risk of DDT spreading via bioaccumulation in the food chain ...

DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers at Chalmers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar. When ...

The government finally received the green light to re-introduce indoor spraying of dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) - since the 1970s - as one of several measures in the fight against malaria.

Biochar binds DDT effectively, so that the toxin is not taken up by soil organisms. Credit: Anja Enell, the Swedish Geotechnical Institute. Biochar binds DDT effectively, so that the toxin is not ...