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8.Microbes in Human Welfare
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Which one of the following pesticides is banned now-a-days?
A
$DDT$
B
Eldrin
C
Aldrin
D
Toxaphene
Solution
$DDT$ is an organochlorine. Now-a-days $DDT$ is banned because it has an affinity for fatty tissues of animals, which lead to biomagnification. Besides, with the repeated use of such pesticides, a kind of accelerated evolution occurs to produce resistant population of pests.
Standard 12
Biology
