Michele La Merrill Content / Michele La Merrill Content for UC Davis en DDT Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes Among Asian Indian Immigrants to U.S. /news/ddt-linked-higher-risk-diabetes-among-asian-indian-immigrants-us <p>Previous exposure to the pollutant DDT may contribute to the risk of Type 2 diabetes among Asian Indian immigrants to the United States, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.</p> <p><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.9b03373">The study</a>, published today in the American Chemical Society鈥檚 journal Environmental Science &amp; Technology, linked high levels of DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, in Indian immigrants with risk factors for metabolic disease.</p> November 20, 2019 - 1:14pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/ddt-linked-higher-risk-diabetes-among-asian-indian-immigrants-us