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Kepone Contamination
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Subcommittee on Agricultural Research and General Legislation |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Chlordecone |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105110107732 |
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Poison Powder
Author | : Gregory S. Wilson |
Publsiher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2023-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780820364032 |
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In 1975 workers at Life Science Products, a small makeshift pesticide factory in Hopewell, Virginia, became ill after exposure to Kepone, the brand name for the pesticide chlordecone. They made the poison under contract for a much larger Hopewell company, Allied Chemical. Life Science workers had been breathing in the dust for more than a year. Ingestion of the chemical made their bodies seize and shake. News of ill workers eventually led to the discovery of widespread environmental contamination of the nearby James River and the landscape of the small, working-class city. Not only had Life Science dumped the chemical, but so had Allied when the company manufactured it in the 1960s and early 1970s. The resulting toxic impact was not only on the city of Hopewell but also on the faraway fields where Kepone was used as an insecticide. Aspects of this environmental tragedy are all too common: corporate avarice, ignorance, and regulatory failure combined with race and geography to determine toxicity and shape the response. But the Kepone story also contains some surprising medical, legal, and political moments amid the disaster. With Poison Powder, Gregory S. 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 long after 1975. Although the manufacture and use of Kepone is now banned by the Environmental Protection Agency, organochlorines have long half-lives, and these toxic compounds and their residues still remain in the environment.
Contaminated Marine Sediments
Author | : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Committee on Contaminated Marine Sediments |
Publsiher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 1989-02-01 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780309040952 |
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The pervasive, widespread problem of contaminated marine sediments is an environmental issue of national importance, arising from decades of intentionally and unintentionally using coastal waters for waste disposal. This book examines the extent and significance of the problem, reviews clean-up and remediation technologies, assesses alternative management strategies, identifies research and development needs, and presents the committee's major findings and recommendations. Five case studies examine different ways in which a variety of sediment contamination problems are being handled.
Status and Assessment of Chesapeake Bay Wildlife Contamination
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 66 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Water |
ISBN | : UCR:31210018626398 |
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Cancer causing Chemicals Chemical contamination of food
Author | : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Carcinogens |
ISBN | : LOC:0018385267A |
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Ecological Research Series
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : Ecological risk assessment |
ISBN | : UOM:39015001921439 |
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Selecting Remediation Techniques for Contaminated Sediment
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Sedimentation analysis |
ISBN | : UCR:31210024756346 |
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The Incidence and Severity of Sediment Contamination in Surface Waters of the United States
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Contaminated sediments |
ISBN | : UCR:31210018941359 |
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