Kepone (also known as Chlordecone) was a carcinogenic pesticide related to mirex. It was produced by Allied Signal Company in Hopewell, Virginia and produced nationwide pollution controversy due to improper handling and dumping of the substance. In pathology, a carcinogen is any substance or agent that promotes cancer. ... Waterfront at City Point, Virginia (now Hopewell) in 1865 Hopewell is an independent city in the state of Virginia. ...

A July 2005 Richmond Magazine article chronicled the ill health effects on Allied Signal employees and described how Dan Rather and CBS's 60 Minutes brought nationwide attention to the problem. Dan Rather, from a telecast in October 2004. ... The ticking TAG Heuer stopwatch from 60 Minutes. ...

Due to the pollution scare, many businesses and restaurants along the river suffered, and then-Governor Mills Godwin Jr. shut down the James River to fishing from Richmond to the Chesapeake Bay. Mills Edwin Godwin, Jr. ... The James River in the U.S. state of Virginia is 547. ... Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States of America. ... Chesapeake Bay - Landsat photo The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. ...

Kepone in music

Kepone is an indie rock band from Richmond, Virginia. Kepone is an American indie rock band from Richmond, Virginia. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States of America. ...

Kepone Factory is a song by the Dead Kennedys about the Allied Signal factory on their EP, In God We Trust, Inc. From Left to Right: Klaus Flouride, Jello Biafra, D.H. Peligro and East Bay Ray The Dead Kennedys were a punk rock band from San Francisco, California. ... In God We Trust, Inc. ...

External links

• Chesapeake bay.net
• richmond magazine
• chemical description