Decades after being banned in the United States, the notorious pesticide DDT and its primary breakdown product, DDE, continue to cast a long and insidious shadow over public health. While environmental regulations successfully halted their widespread agricultural application by the early 1970s, these persistent organic pollutants remain deeply embedded in…
In the quiet groves of Pacific Grove, California—a site famed for hosting the annual, awe-inspiring congregation of Western monarch butterflies—a grim discovery in January 2024 sent shockwaves through the conservation community. Hundreds of the iconic orange-and-black insects were found dead or dying on the forest floor. What initially appeared to…
