Courtesy of California Sea Grant:
DDT, a legacy pesticide, is known to have devastating and long-lasting impacts on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. DDT was banned in 1972 but contamination persists and the coast off of Southern California is home to one of the largest known sites of DDT contamination. While the impacts of near-shore DDT on the Palos Verdes Shelf have been well-studied, little is known about the status and impacts of DDT dumped in Southern California deep-ocean.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the California State Water Resources Control Board are funding over $15M of research to provide a greater understanding of the human health and ecological risks due to deep-ocean DDT deposits in Southern California.
We invite you to join us online to hear directly from DDT researchers about their latest findings on deep-ocean DDT in Southern California: where is it and how is it affecting humans and wildlife?
DATE: January 24, 2024
TIME: 4:00 – 6:00PM PT
LOCATION: Virtual meeting. Register at bit.ly/DDTupdate.
Please visit the following hyperlinks to learn more about the four state-funded state projects and the nine federally-funded projects:
- https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/news/sea-grant-programs-award-52-million-state-funding-address-deep-ocean-ddt-contamination
- https://scripps.ucsd.edu/ddtcoastaldumpsite
Organized by: California Sea Grant, University of Southern California Sea Grant, Heal the Bay, Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples, and Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS)
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