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Chlordecone

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Chlordecone
A carcinogenic chlorinated polycyclic ketone insecticide and fungicide used in the US between 1966 and 1975. It gained notoriety from its improper handling and dumping into the James River, Virginia, which was subsequently closed to fishing. Chlordecone has a 30-year environmental half-life
Toxicity Tremors, nystagmus, memory loss, headaches, slurred speech, unsteadiness, incoordination, loss of weight, rash, hepatomegaly, decreased libido, sterility, chest pain, arthralgia, and the increased risk of cancer


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Banned Entirely * Alpha hexachlorocyclohexane * Beta hexachlorocyclohexane * Chlordecone * Hexabromobiphenyl * Pentachlorobenzene Phased out, with Exemptions * Hexabromodiphneyl ether and heptabromodiphenyl ether * Lindane * Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonyl fluoride * Tetrabromodiphenyl ether and pentabromodiphenyl ether by Ben Block (unless otherwise credited)
The money will help fund a plan that calls for stricter limits on the amount of chlordecone used on crops and better-equipped laboratories to test for presence of the pesticide.
Until 2002, many plantations continued to spray a pesticide called chlordecone to control weevils, even though the French government banned the chemical in 1993.
 
 
 
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