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Chlordecone, better known in the United States under the brand name Kepone, is an organochlorine compound and a colourless solid. It is an obsolete insecticide, now prohibited in the western world, but only after many thousands of tonnes had been produced and used.
Nombres comerciales: GC 1189, Kepone, Merex, ENT 16391, Curlone; Número de inscripción del CAS:143-50-0 [3] Historia. La clordecona fue producida en 1951 y se introdujo en 1958 de forma comercial en Estados Unidos.
14 de sept. de 2021 · Kepone is a toxic, nonbiodegradable insecticide that was dumped into the James River from 1966 to 1975 by a chemical plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The dumping caused a environmental and medical scandal that led to fishing bans, advisories, and lawsuits. The environmental and medical effects of Kepone were later discovered and improved.
Chlordecone (CD; Kepone™) is a carcinogenic organochlorine insecticide with neurological, reproductive, and developmental toxicity that was widely used in the French West Indies (FWI) from 1973 to 1993 to fight banana weevils. Although CD has not been used there for more than 25 years, it still pers …
19 de feb. de 2024 · Temik, curlone, kepone... Patrick Dantin ha escrito todos los nombres de los pesticidas a base de clordecona que ha esparcido a lo largo de los años con grandes letras en bolígrafo, en una hoja...
18 de mar. de 2023 · For more than 40 years, two French territories in the Americas, Martinique and Guadeloupe, have been confronted with one of the biggest environmental scandals in Caribbean history due to the use of an organochlorine pesticide, chlordecone (also known under the brand name Kepone), in banana plantations. Although banned from use in the ...
Learn about the 1975 pesticide poisoning of workers and the environmental contamination of the James River by Kepone, a brand name of chlordecone. Explore the legacy of this disaster and its impact on public health and the environment.
