ddt was developed as a synthetic insecticide in 1972 ddt was banned for use in the us due to its damaging enviromental effects. in 3 short sentences explain how introducing ddt into an ecosystem would impaact a food chain, be sure to include all revelant vocabulary in your answer
Introducing DDT into an ecosystem would have a devastating impact on the food chain. DDT is a persistent organic pollutant that bioaccumulates in the tissues of organisms, leading to biomagnification at each trophic level. This would result in the poisoning of predators at higher trophic levels, ultimately disrupting the balance of the entire ecosystem.
