Pest Control 7.​What was DDT used for? How does DDT negatively affect top-level consumers? (Provide specificexamples.

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7.​What was DDT used for? How does DDT negatively affect top-level consumers? (Provide specificexamples.)

8.Compare/contrast the negative effects associated with these classes of pesticides. (Include anexample chemical for each group.)

a.Organophosphates

b.Chlorinated hydrocarbons

c.Neonicotinoids

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dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, commonly known as DDT, is a colorless, tasteless, and almost odorless crystalline chemical compound, an organochlorine.

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