Organic Chemicals
Subtitle: An Environmental Perspective
Edition: Rev Sub edition
Publisher: CRC
Published: December 20, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 870
ISBN-13: 9781566703765
Subjects: Chemical pollution; Environmental chemistry; Organic chemistry; Science; Environmental aspects; Aquatic Ecology; Microbial Ecology; Environmental Studies; Organic water pollutants; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Biology - General; Chemistry - Organic; Environmental Science; Science / Environmental Science; Life Sciences - Biology - Microbiology; Aquatic organisms; Effect of water pollution on
First sentence: Although the synthesis of 1,1,1-trichloro-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-ethane (DDT) was achieved in 1874 by Othmar Zeidler, the compound elicited little interest until its potent toxic effect toward insects was discovered by P.H. Muller in 1939.