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Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is a synthetic chemical compound that has been widely used as an insecticide. It was first synthesized in 1874 by the Austrian chemist Othmar Zeidler, but its insecticidal properties were not discovered until 1939 by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller, who was later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this discovery. DDT became famous for its effectiveness in controlling malaria and typhus during World War II and was later used extensively in agriculture. | Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) is a synthetic chemical compound that has been widely used as an insecticide. It was first synthesized in 1874 by the Austrian chemist Othmar Zeidler, but its insecticidal properties were not discovered until 1939 by the Swiss chemist Paul Hermann Müller, who was later awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this discovery. DDT became famous for its effectiveness in controlling malaria and typhus during World War II and was later used extensively in agriculture. | ||