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Why was DDT banned which an organ chlorine compound, used first to control malaria, carried in mosquitoes and later to a variety to insect pests?

A. It brings about a change in sex chromosomes
B. It persists in the environment and bio-accumulates
C. It increases its affinity hundred-fold for haemoglobin preventing its coupling with oxygen
D. All of these
Answer» C. It increases its affinity hundred-fold for haemoglobin preventing its coupling with oxygen


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