Poison Powder : The Kepone Disaster in Virginia and Its Legacy /

"In 1975, workers at a small makeshift pesticide factory in Hopewell, Virginia became ill after exposure to Kepone, the brand name for a powdered version of the poison chlordecone. News of a few ill workers led to the discovery of mammoth, widespread environmental contamination of the nearby Ja...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wilson, Gregory S. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Allied Chemical Corporation.
Allied Chemical Corporation > History.
Pesticides industry > Environmental aspects.
Pesticides > Government policy.
Environmental justice.
Environmental health.
Chlordecone > Toxicology.
Chlordecone > Environmental aspects.
Environmental justice > United States > History.
Environmental health > United States > History.
Pesticides > Government policy > United States > History.
Pesticides industry > Environmental aspects > Virginia > Hopewell > History.
Chlordecone > Environmental aspects > West Indies, French > History.
Chlordecone > Environmental aspects > Virginia > Hopewell > History.
Chlordecone > Toxicology > History.
Chlordecone > Toxicology > Virginia > Hopewell > History.
Virginia > Hopewell.
United States.
Lesser Antilles > West Indies, French.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The James River before Kepone
  • Hopewell, Allied, and the Beetle Battles
  • The Kepone Shakes and a Poisoned River
  • Biocitizenship and Accountability
  • A Crime against Every Citizen
  • Kepone and the Environmental Management State
  • The Present and Future of Kepone
  • Epilogue.

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