Futile Attempts Made To Reduce DDT Pollution in SF Bay

Although being banned by the US in 1972, the insecticide DDT still is present in great quantities throughout the San Francisco Bay canal, threatening the lives of both humans and aquatic life. Despite numerous cleanup attempts, with the most recent costing about $12 million, little progress was made. It is mind-blowing to think about the sheer amount of DDT that must have been discharged in to the the bay in order for such large amounts of the pesticide to still be present. Read more about this here.