108.5–109 °C

Trivia about ddt

  • This "wonder insecticide" developed by Swiss scientists in 1939 was later found less than wonderful
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Catalina Island Conservancy.) Rampant use of this 3-letter insecticide lead to a hefty settlement for restorating the population of Catalina's bald eagles
  • Paul Muller won a 1948 Nobel Prize for developing this now widely banned insecticide
  • The bald eagle population, now recovering, took a big dive in the 1940s due to this pesticide
  • Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane is the long form for the insecticide known by this 3-letter abbrev.