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Index Chlordecone

Chlordecone, better known in the United States under the brand name Kepone, is an organochlorine compound and a colourless solid.[1]

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  1. 52 relations: Acetic acid, Acetone, Agonist, Allied Corporation, AlliedSignal, Benzene, Bioaccumulation, Bluegill, Chesapeake Bay, Chlordane, Convulsion, Dead Kennedys, Deutsche Welle, Diels–Alder reaction, Endosulfan, Estradiol, Estrogen, Gerald Ford, GPER, Guadeloupe, Hexachlorocyclopentadiene, Hexane, High-density lipoprotein, Hopewell, Virginia, Hydrolysis, In God We Trust, Inc., Insecticide, James River, Kepone (band), Ketone, Lipoprotein, Low-density lipoprotein, Martinique, Mills Godwin, Mirex, National Assembly (France), Neurology, Orange chromide, Organochlorine chemistry, Pancreatic cancer, Persistent organic pollutant, Prostate cancer, Richmond, Virginia, Small Axe Project, Soil contamination, Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Stomach cancer, Synapse, Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, Trout, ... Expand index (2 more) »

  2. 1975 disasters in the United States
  3. 1975 in the environment
  4. GPER agonists
  5. James River (Virginia)
  6. Male reproductive toxicants
  7. Obsolete pesticides
  8. Organochloride insecticides
  9. Persistent organic pollutants under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution
  10. Persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention
  11. Presidency of Gerald Ford
  12. Xenoestrogens

Acetic acid

Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is an acidic, colourless liquid and organic compound with the chemical formula (also written as,, or). Vinegar is at least 4% acetic acid by volume, making acetic acid the main component of vinegar apart from water.

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Acetone

Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the formula.

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Agonist

An agonist is a chemical that activates a receptor to produce a biological response.

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Allied Corporation

Allied Corp. was a major American company with operations in the chemical, aerospace, automotive, oil and gas industries.

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AlliedSignal

AlliedSignal, Inc. was an American aerospace, automotive and engineering company, created through the 1985 merger of Allied Corp. and The Signal Companies.

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Benzene

Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6. The benzene molecule is composed of six carbon atoms joined in a planar hexagonal ring with one hydrogen atom attached to each. Because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms, benzene is classed as a hydrocarbon. Benzene is a natural constituent of petroleum and is one of the elementary petrochemicals. Chlordecone and benzene are Carcinogens.

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Bioaccumulation

Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism.

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Bluegill

The bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), sometimes referred to as "bream", "brim", "sunny", or, as is common in Texas, "copper nose", is a species of North American freshwater fish, native to and commonly found in streams, rivers, lakes, ponds and wetlands east of the Rocky Mountains.

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Chesapeake Bay

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States.

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Chlordane

Chlordane, or chlordan, is an organochlorine compound that was used as a pesticide. Chlordecone and chlordane are Endocrine disruptors, IARC Group 2B carcinogens, Obsolete pesticides, organochloride insecticides, persistent organic pollutants under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention.

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Convulsion

A convulsion is a medical condition where the body muscles contract and relax rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in uncontrolled shaking.

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Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California, in 1978.

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Deutsche Welle

("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.

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Diels–Alder reaction

In organic chemistry, the Diels–Alder reaction is a chemical reaction between a conjugated diene and a substituted alkene, commonly termed the dienophile, to form a substituted cyclohexene derivative.

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Endosulfan

Endosulfan is an off-patent organochlorine insecticide and acaricide that is being phased out globally. Chlordecone and Endosulfan are Endocrine disruptors, Neurotoxins, organochloride insecticides, persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention and Xenoestrogens.

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Estradiol

Estradiol (E2), also spelled oestradiol, is an estrogen steroid hormone and the major female sex hormone. Chlordecone and Estradiol are GPER agonists.

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Estrogen

Estrogen (oestrogen; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics.

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Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

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GPER

G protein-coupled estrogen receptor 1 (GPER), also known as G protein-coupled receptor 30 (GPR30), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GPER gene.

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Guadeloupe

Guadeloupe (Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean.

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Hexachlorocyclopentadiene

Hexachlorocyclopentadiene (HCCPD), also known as C-56, Graphlox, and HRS 1655, is an organochlorine compound with the formula C5Cl6.

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Hexane

Hexane or n-hexane is an organic compound, a straight-chain alkane with six carbon atoms and the molecular formula C6H14.

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High-density lipoprotein

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoproteins.

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Hopewell, Virginia

Hopewell is an independent city surrounded by Prince George County and the Appomattox River in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.

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Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis is any chemical reaction in which a molecule of water breaks one or more chemical bonds.

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In God We Trust, Inc.

In God We Trust, Inc. is an EP by hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys and the first of the group's releases with drummer D. H. Peligro.

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Insecticide

Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects.

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James River

The James River is a river in Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows from the confluence of the Cowpasture and Jackson Rivers in Botetourt County U.S. Geological Survey. Chlordecone and James River are James River (Virginia).

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Kepone (band)

Kepone is an American indie rock band based out of Richmond, Virginia.

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Ketone

In organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure, where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents. Chlordecone and ketone are ketones.

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Lipoprotein

A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly whose primary function is to transport hydrophobic lipid (also known as fat) molecules in water, as in blood plasma or other extracellular fluids.

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Low-density lipoprotein

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoprotein that transport all fat molecules around the body in extracellular water.

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Martinique

Martinique (Matinik or Matnik; Kalinago: Madinina or Madiana) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea.

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Mills Godwin

Mills Edwin Godwin Jr. (November 19, 1914January 30, 1999) was an American politician who was the 60th and 62nd governor of Virginia for two non-consecutive terms, from 1966 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1978.

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Mirex

Mirex is an organochloride that was commercialized as an insecticide and later banned because of its impact on the environment. Chlordecone and Mirex are Cyclobutanes, Endocrine disruptors, IARC Group 2B carcinogens, Obsolete pesticides, organochloride insecticides, persistent organic pollutants under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution and persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention.

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National Assembly (France)

The National Assembly (Assemblée nationale) is the lower house of the bicameral French Parliament under the Fifth Republic, the upper house being the Senate (Sénat).

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Neurology

Neurology (from νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.

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Orange chromide

The orange chromide (Pseudetroplus maculatus; more commonly Etroplus maculatus) is a species of cichlid fish that is endemic to freshwater and brackish streams, lagoons and estuaries in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Organochlorine chemistry

Organochlorine chemistry is concerned with the properties of organochlorine compounds, or organochlorides, organic compounds containing at least one covalently bonded atom of chlorine.

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Pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer arises when cells in the pancreas, a glandular organ behind the stomach, begin to multiply out of control and form a mass.

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Persistent organic pollutant

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.

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Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the uncontrolled growth of cells in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system below the bladder.

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Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Small Axe Project

The Small Axe Project is an integrated publication undertaking devoted to Caribbean intellectual and artistic work, exercised over three platforms—Small Axe; sx salon, and sx visualities—each with a different structure, medium, and practice.

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Soil contamination

Soil contamination, soil pollution, or land pollution as a part of land degradation is caused by the presence of xenobiotic (human-made) chemicals or other alteration in the natural soil environment.

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Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants is an international environmental treaty, signed on 22 May 2001 in Stockholm and effective from 17 May 2004, that aims to eliminate or restrict the production and use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Chlordecone and Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants are Obsolete pesticides.

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Stomach cancer

Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is a cancer that develops from the lining of the stomach.

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Synapse

In the nervous system, a synapse is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron or to the target effector cell.

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Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the 94th United States Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals. Chlordecone and Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 are Presidency of Gerald Ford.

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Trout

Trout (trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the family Salmonidae.

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (in case citations, E.D. Va.) is one of two United States district courts serving the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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See also

1975 disasters in the United States

  • Chlordecone

1975 in the environment

GPER agonists

James River (Virginia)

Male reproductive toxicants

Obsolete pesticides

Organochloride insecticides

Persistent organic pollutants under the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution

Persistent organic pollutants under the Stockholm Convention

Presidency of Gerald Ford

Xenoestrogens

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlordecone

Also known as C10Cl10O, Clordecone, Decachlorooctahydro-1,3,4-metheno-2H-cyclobuta(cd)-pentalen-2-one, Decachlorooctahydro-kepone-2-one, Decachlorotetrahydro-4,7-methanoindeneone, Kepone (Pesticide), Kepone catastrophe, Kepone toxin, Merex.

, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Virginia.