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- Title
The Pine River statement: human health consequences of DDT use.
- Authors
Eskenazi, Brenda; Chevrier, Jonathan; Rosas, Lisa Goldman; Anderson, Henry A; Bornman, Maria S; Bouwman, Henk; Chen, Aimin; Cohn, Barbara A; de Jager, Christiaan; Henshel, Diane S; Leipzig, Felicia; Leipzig, John S; Lorenz, Edward C; Snedeker, Suzanne M; Stapleton, Darwin
- Abstract
Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) was used worldwide until the 1970s, when concerns about its toxic effects, its environmental persistence, and its concentration in the food supply led to use restrictions and prohibitions. In 2001, more than 100 countries signed the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), committing to eliminate the use of 12 POPs of greatest concern. However, DDT use was allowed for disease vector control. In 2006, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Agency for International Development endorsed indoor DDT spraying to control malaria. To better inform current policy, we reviewed epidemiologic studies published from 2003 to 2008 that investigated the human health consequences of DDT and/or DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene) exposure.
- Publication
Environmental health perspectives, 2009, Vol 117, Issue 9, p1359
- ISSN
1552-9924
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1289/ehp.11748