DDT, a legacy pesticide, is known to have negative long-lasting impacts on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. In 1972 DDT was banned 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, there is little known about the status and impacts of DDT dumped in Southern California's deep ocean.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the California State Water Resources Control Board are now funding $15M of research to provide a greater understanding of the human health and ecological risks due to deep-ocean DDT deposits in Southern California.

Join this community meeting to meet DDT scientists and discuss their latest findings on deep-ocean DDT: where is it, and how is it affecting humans and wildlife?

Register here.