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Using a remote-controlled robot, Valentine and his team captured the first images of the barrels resting 3,000 feet below the water’s surface off the L.A. coast. Sediment samples they collected from the surrounding seafloor contained concentrations of DDT 40 times worse than DDT manufacturer Montrose’s notorious Superfund site in Palos Verdes. | Credit: Courtesy David Valentine

The Santa Barbara Scientist Who Found Poison in the Pacific

August 31, 2023

David Valentine Discusses Discovering DDT Dumping Ground in Waters off Catalina Island and Charting New Course at UCSB