CV Lattes
ORCID
Abstract
OCPs, such as DDT, widely used during World War II, were banned in the 1970s in developed countries and in 2009 in Brazil, but are still widely used in several countries to combat the malaria vector, and are even used illegally in the country. DDT and its metabolites, such as DDE, are highly stable, persistent in the environment, and accumulate in adipose tissue in humans and animals. In …