Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chlordecone
Languages : en
Pages : 736
Book Description
Kepone in the Marine Environment
Author: Kepone, Its Effects on Life in the James River
Author: Harriet ErvinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chlordecone
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Kepone Monitoring at Skiffes Creek
Author: Harold D. SlonePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chlordecone
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Kepone entered the James River estuary from point sources of production and through runoff from unauthorized disposal sites in the vicinity of Hopewell, Virginia. The total quantity of Kepone released to the river is not known, however, about 1.5 x 106 kg were produced between 1966 and 1975. At present we estimate that 30,000 kg reside in contaminated sediments of the estuary. Bed sediments are contaminated from the source at Hopewell to Hampton Roads, a distance of 88 kilometers. Patterns of contamination vary with sediment type and distance from the source. Major Kepone sinks exist in the Jamestown - Dancing Point reach and in Burwell Bay. Sediments from these zones are generally finer-grained and more enriched in organic matter than elsewhere and these zones are sites of relatively high sediment accumulation and fast deposition. This extensive contamination of the river sediments by Kepone presents problems for managers having to make decisions on dredging actions in the river. The most important questions which need to be answered concerning dredging activities are: 1) Will dredging result in significant quantities of Kepone being released to the environment? 2) Will the releases spread the contamination or result in increased bioaccumulation of Kepone in organisms? 3) Will the spoil disposal methods release Kepone to the marine environment or ground water?
Poison Powder
Author: Gregory S. WilsonPublisher: 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.
Symposium on Protecting the Marine Environment
Author: Marine Pollution
Author: Tobias N. HoferPublisher: Nova Publishers
ISBN: 9781604562422
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Marine pollution is the harmful effect caused by the entry into the ocean of chemicals or particles. An associated problem is that many potentially toxic chemical's adhere to tiny particles which are then taken up by plankton and benthos animals, most of which are either deposit or filter feeders, concentrating upward within ocean food chains. Also, because most animal feeds contain high fish meal and fish oil content, toxins can be found a few weeks later in commonly consumed food items derived from livestock and animal husbandry such as meat, eggs, milk, butter and margarine. One common path of entry by contaminants to the sea are rivers. Many particles combine chemically in a manner highly depletive of oxygen, causing estuaries to become anoxic. This book presents the latest research in the field from around the world.
Tributyltin in the Marine Environment
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine pollution
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Uptake of Kepone by Oysters Exposed to Contaminated Sediments Mixed with Lignite
Author: Dexter S. HavenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chlordecone
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Preliminary studies conducted by personnel of the Allied Chemical Corporation at Morristown, N. J. suggested that coa] would be used to adsorb Kepone from an aquatic substrate. .The possibility of using coal to bind Kepone contaminating the natural environment indicated further preliminary exploration of the matter. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science undertook a laboratory study with oysters under contract with the Allied Chemical Corp. to explore that possibility. Lignite was mixd on a 1:10 dry-weight ratio with sediments contaminated with Kepone.
Report summaries
Author: United States. Environmental Protection AgencyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1584
Book Description
Contaminated Marine Sediments
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309040957
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
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.