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Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Route 31, James River Crossing from Route 10 to Route S, Charles City/James City/Surry Counties
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Languages : en
Pages : 350
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Pages : 350
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Poison Powder
Author: Gregory S. Wilson
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820364037
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
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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.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820364037
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
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.
EIS Cumulative
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 510
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Bulletin - Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation
Author: Virginia. Dept. of Highways and Transportation
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 456
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Manufacturers Record
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Category : Industrial location
Languages : en
Pages : 1558
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Category : Industrial location
Languages : en
Pages : 1558
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Historic Garden Week in Virginia
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Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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State Historical Markers of Virginia
Author: Virginia Association of Realtors
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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State Historical Markers of Virginia
Author: Virginia. Department of Conservation and Economic Development
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Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Category : Historical markers
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Report from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, Communicating the Annual Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office
Author: United States. General Land Office
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Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Category : Public lands
Languages : en
Pages : 7
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Railroad Gazette
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 892
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