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DDT (DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE)
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH – CONTAMINANTS FACT SHEETS
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the type and severity of those health effects will be. These through the skin or lungs easily. When DDT enters the body,
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factors include the dose (how much), the duration (how it tends to be stored in the fatty tissues and is excreted from
long), the route or pathway by which you are exposed the body over time.
(breathing, eating, drinking, or skin contact), the other High amounts of DDT exposure can lead to problems with
chemicals to which you are exposed, and your individual the nervous system and liver. Animal studies conducted
characteristics such as age, gender, nutritional status, family with DDT indicate very high doses may cause effects on
traits, life-style, and state of health. the nervous system, kidney, liver and immune system, but
it is not known if humans are affected in the same way as
animals.
These fact sheets may be updated in the future as new information on contaminants is found. Current versions of all fact sheets can be found at www.hss.gov.nt.ca.