What is the IUPAC name of the insecticise DDT? Why is their use banned in most of the countries?

What is the IUPAC name of the insecticise DDT? Why is their use banne

1.	What is the IUPAC name of the insecticise DDT? Why is their use banned in most of the countries?
Answer» SOLUTION :(i) The IUPAC name of the insecticide DDT is `P_(1)P^(1)`-dichloro-dipenyl trichloro ethane. (ii) Even DDT is an effective insecticide. Not a day it is banned because of its LONG term toxic affects. (iii) DDT is very PERSISTENT in the environment and it has a high affinity for fatty TISSUES. as a result, DDT gets accumulated in animals tissue fat, in particular that of birds of prey with SUBSEQUENT thinning of their eggs shells and impacting their of reproduction. that is why DDt. is banned in most of the countries.