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Emerging Science Note
Researchers in South Africa document excessive levels of the pesticide DDT in women there.
Women tested in parts of South Africa, where DDT is used to fight malaria, showed levels of residue of the pesticide up to 77 times higher than safely allowed. Allison Smith reports.