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The ban on Dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) was one of those events that marked history with a weird feeling of remorse. Although the discovery of the compound had been the reason Dr. Pauly Müller got his Nobel prize in 1945, it turned out, 30 years later, to be a threat to all life on the planet. From birds to plants, from bugs to humans, DDT was mean. But in 1945 it was just a modern miracle