Which is a pesticide that influenced society by increasing crop yield, but it also caused human and animal sickness?

DDT is an insecticide that was widely used to protect crops from pests, helping increase crop yields. However, exposure to DDT can harm people and animals, causing illness and other health effects. Polio is a disease, a vaccine helps prevent disease, and plastic dust is not the pesticide described.

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