Following a Los Angeles Times article last year about evidence of DDT (dichlor diphenyl trichloroethane) being pumped into the ocean, scientists surveyed a large undersea area from March 10 to 24.
Significant amounts of the radioactive substance DDT have
been found in California waters, leading to serious contamination.
Marine scientists believe they have discovered up to 25,000
barrels of DDT-contaminated water dumped off the coast of Southern California
near Catalina Island, where there was a huge underwater toxic waste dump dating
back to World War II.
Until 1972, the year the Marine Protection, Research, and
Sanctuaries Act, also known as the Ocean Discharges Act, was passed, historical
shipping records indicate that industrial companies in Southern California used
the basin as a landfill.
The Associated Press reports that images taken during its
search show 27,345 "barrel-shaped" structures containing the insecticide
just 3,000 feet below the surface of the water.
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