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This document discusses various pesticides, including organochlorines like DDT, organophosphates, carbamates, and others. It describes their chemical and physical properties, production history, environmental persistence, levels in wildlife over time, and regulations like the Stockholm Convention that restrict certain pesticides. Risks of pesticide exposure to humans and accidents are also outlined, such as the Bhopal disaster involving a leak at a pesticide plant.

Author

HansMiku

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EN