# The Rise and Fall of DDT

Deals with the pros and cons of DDT by investigating its various uses as an insecticide, military weapon, safeguard against tropical diseases, and threat to the environment. Has the case against DDT been proven? A strange question, perhaps, to be asking one year after the US has banned the insecticide. Tracing the history of DDT from its discovery through its banning in the States, this program asks whether America overreacted with its total ban of this once acclaimed "wonder" chemical. 1 videocassette (19 min.) : 3/4 in. + Note: Transferred from 1/2 in videocassette, University of Washington Title from data sheet Originally produced in 1974, broadcast as a Nova segment in 1975 Commentary read by Gordon Snell ; camera, Ray Henman, Reg Pope, Stanley Speel ; editor, Roger Guertin Also issued in 1/2 in. Beta cassette and as motion picture

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1976
- By: Alec Nisbett, Robin Bootle, Time-Life Films. Multi-media Division., British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service., WGBH (Television station : Boston,…
- Genres: History
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/NOVATheRiseAndFallOfDDT)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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