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Kepone - Reciprocal Net Common Molecule | Log in |
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KeponeKepone is a pesticide that has been banned in the US and elsewhere.
Other names:
Chlordecone
Layman's explanation:
Kepone (or Chlordecone) is a toxic pesticide once used to kill ants, but was banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is a oxidized analog of Mirex and is considered to be a persistent organic pollutant (POP). Like other POPs it is does not degrade easily in the environment and can travel through air, rivers, and oceans to places far away from where they were originally released (e.g., to the Arctic). This chemical is lipophilic (it prefers to dissolve in fat rather than water) and can biomagnify in food chains where they can cause severe health effects in wildlife and humans (e.g., cancer). Kepone is in the family of pesticides that are synthesized from hexachlorocyclopentadiene.
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