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DDT or Dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane is a toxic organo-chlorine pesticide. In birds, DDT concentration of 1-3 ppm destroys the female sex hormone and the egg shell becomes so thin that the eggs break when the parents sit on them for hatching.

This has caused a decline in bird population.
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