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Omg I hope your dad is alright?
by GhettoMaestro 7y ago
Omg I hope your dad is alright?
- joecool1029 7y agoAs scary sounding as the anecdote was, DDT is known for relatively low human (and mammal) toxicity. They did absolutely insane human studies with it in the 1950's, and dosages of up to 380mg/kg were tolerable. There was also no evidence that it produced cancer at commonly exposed dosages: http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicrotophos/ddt-ext.html http://pmep.cce.cornell.edu/profiles/extoxnet/carbaryl-dicro... < some more info here.