2013: Study conducted in the Ovens Valley region, which had been polluted with pesticides from 150 years of tobacco farming, find that chironomid mouthparts can be deformed by use of pesticides, particularly DDT.Australia

2013: DDT deforms Chironomid mouthparts

2013: Study conducted in the Ovens Valley region, which had been polluted with pesticides from 150 years of tobacco farming, find that chironomid mouthparts can be deformed by use of pesticides, particularly DDT.