Poison Powder The Kepone Disaster in Virginia and Its Legacy |
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| Author:
| Wilson, Gregory S. |
| Series title: | Environmental History and the American South Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-6403-2 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2023 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | AUD $56.10 |
Book Description:
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In 1975 workers at Life Science Products, a small pesticide factory in Hopewell, Virginia, became ill after exposure to Kepone, the brand name for the pesticide chlordecone. Gregory Wilson explores the conditions that put the Kepone factory and the workers there in the first place and the effects of the poison on the people and natural world.
In 1975 workers at Life Science Products, a small pesticide factory in Hopewell, Virginia, became ill after exposure to Kepone, the brand name for the pesticide chlordecone. Gregory Wilson explores the conditions that put the Kepone factory and the workers there in the first place and the effects of the poison on the people and natural world.