Question

Take a pesticide safari in a store, at work, or in your own home, then pick one chemical that you discover along the way. Do some Internet research on the chemical, and tell us its basic chemical structure, how it is used (what problem should it solve? how is it applied? where?), and if you have used it.

Does the product with the chemical have a warning label? Is the label easy to understand? What if you didn't know much about science—or speak English well?

Then discuss the chemical's risks and benefits--why do people use it? Does it work for the intended purpose? How do you know? And make a convincing argument about whether or not the results of using it are worth the risks.

Answer 1

the pesticide which i found in the store was DDT . It is an organochlorine compound . It was initially used to control malaria, typhus, body lice, and bubonic plague. due to its recalcitrant nature and long degradation potential it was banned by EPA , USA in 1972. Moreover the DDT has various environmental impacts. it lead to biomagification in resulting thin egg shells of the birds. DDT build up in the areas containing high lipid areas. It has endocrine disrupting properties thereby damaging the foetus in the uterus. it has carcinogenic effect on the humans particularly in case of breast and liver cancers

Therefore it should not be used at all in large .