Poison Powder : The Kepone Disaster in Virginia and Its Legacy.
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...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Athens :
University of Georgia Press,
2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Environmental History and the American South Series
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| Online Access: | Click here to view this book |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (252 pages) |
| ISBN: | 0820363499 9780820363493 |