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Which substance damaged bird life until it was largely banned in the 1970s?

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Dichloro Diphenyl Trichloroethane(DDT) is chlorinated hydrocarbon which is a non-water solution. This was used during the World War II as an insecticide against lice and mosquitoes. It was banned in the 1970s as it had been used as a pesticide.
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