Is DDT still used? I thought that plastics, polythene, glass objects, among others, are the only environmental pollutants when poorly disposed of. Surprisingly, Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane isn’t an exception. Initially, DDT helped to fight malaria and other insect-borne human diseases. Although the U.S. Department of Agriculture began regulatory actions to ban many DDT’s uses, organic halogen combats insects in…