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Absolute configurations established for persistent organic pollutants DDT and DDD

Polychlorinated hydrocarbons such as hexachlorocyclohexane, hexachlorobenzene, heptachlor and chlorodane have long been known as effective and durable pesticides. Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (or 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(chlorophenyl)ethane, DDT) has also been used widely and is still used in a few countries to control