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TENS OF THOUSANDS OF TOXIC DDT BARRELS FOUND DUMPED IN OCEAN

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Marine researchers in the Pacific say they’ve unearthed an underwater dump of as
many as 25,000 barrels — an estimated 350 to 700 tons — of toxic DDT in what
they believe to be a long-forgotten waste site dating back to World War II.

Scientists at University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of
Oceanography used underwater “Roombas” — drones with sonar technology — to trawl
more than 36,000 acres of seabed between Catalina Island and the waters off the
coast of Los Angeles, a region previously known to contain high levels of DDT in
the ecosystem.

Images snapped during their search show 27,345 “barrel-like” objects containing
the insecticide, the Associated Press reports, just 3,000 feet below the water’s
surface.

Marine researchers in California say they’ve unearthed an underwater dump of as
many as 25,000 barrels — an estimated 350 to 700 tons — of toxic DDT.AP

Shipping logs dating back through the century show that Southern California’s
industry had used the area of sea floor as a dumping site until 1972, when the
so-called Ocean Dumping Act went into effect.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientists called the DDT motherload a
“staggering” discovery.AP

Eric Terrill, director of the Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps Institution
of Oceanography, called the discovery “staggering.”

“It really was a surprise to everybody who’s worked with the data and who sailed
at sea,” said Terrill, the excursion’s chief scientist, during a press
conference Monday.

More testing is needed to confirm the presence of DDT and whether surrounding
water, sediment and sea life has been contaminated.

A 2015 study by Scripps oceanographer and professor of geosciences Lihini
Aluwihare first identified high amounts of DDT and other synthetic chemicals
stored in the fat of deceased bottlenose dolphins.

Scientists used underwater drones with sonar technology to locate the dumping
site.AP

“These results also raise questions about the continued exposure and potential
impacts on marine mammal health, especially in light of how DDT has been shown
to have multi-generational impacts in humans,” said Aluwhihare, who was not
involved in the recent barrel search.

First developed in the 1940s, DDT was originally used to ward off malaria,
typhus and other insect-borne diseases in humans, as well as providing insect
control for US crops. Bolstered by Rachel Carson’s “Silent Spring,” a book that
prompted widespread concern over the rampant use of manmade pesticides, the
newly established Environmental Protection Agency ordered a stop to DDT in 1972
following public outcry. Since then, studies have shown its potential for damage
to the environment and human health, including a risk of developing cancerous
tumors at high levels of exposure.


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