Chlordecone: properties and health impacts
Sustainable chlordecone remediation in the French West Indies – Detection and environmental rehabilitation
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Chlordecone: properties and health impacts
Sustainable chlordecone remediation in the French West Indies – Detection and environmental rehabilitation

Authors : Gaëlle GRUEL, Nazaré FERLY, Sarra GASPARD

Publication date: December 10, 2025 | Lire en français

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1. Chlordecone: properties and health impacts

History

Chlordecone, an organochlorine pesticide developed in the 1950s in the United States , was widely used on banana plantations in the French West Indies between 1972 and 1993, when it was considered the main means of controlling banana weevils . This molecule...

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