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Kepone, also known as chlordecone, a carcinogenic insecticide related to mirex, used between 1966 and 1975 in the USA for ant and roach baits

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Kepone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kepone, also known as chlordecone, is a carcinogenic insecticide related to mirex, used between 1966 and 1975 in the USA for ant and roach baits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepone
Chesapeake Bay Journal: After 20 years, Kepone still a part of ...
Home | September 1995 | After 20 years, Kepone still a part of river life, Scientists lose manatee off Connecticut coast and more...
http://www.bayjournal.com/article.cfm?article=999
Kepone - definition of Kepone in the Medical dictionary - by the ...
Kepone /Ke·pone/ (ke´pōn) trademark for a nonbiodegradable polychlorinated ketone, used as an insecticide; workers exposed to it have suffered neurologic symptoms such as ...
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Kepone
KEPONE | CAMEO Chemicals | NOAA
UN/NA Number - The United Nations-North America number (also called UN number or DOT number). 4-digit number identifying an individual chemical or group of chemicals with ...
http://www.cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/3721
Encyclopedia Virginia: Kepone (Chlordecone)
Encyclopedia Virginia provides searchable articles on the history of Virginia. Articles can be searched by time and place on maps and in timelines.
http://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Kepone

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