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LABORATORY experiments carried out by Hadaway and Barlow1,2 and by Downs, Bordas and Navarro3 have shown that solid particles of DDT may disappear from the surface of various types of soils such as are frequently used for the construction of huts in the tropics. It seemed that this disappearance was due to a process of absorption, and the different types of soils vary in their sorptive properties4.
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GEROLT, P. Improved Persistence of Dieldrin Deposits on Sorptive Mud Surface. Nature 180, 394–395 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180394a0
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