1. Chlordecone: properties and health impacts
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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Chlordecone: properties and health impacts
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Cette norme concerne l'analyse des sols et spécifie les méthodes pour la détermination de la chlordécone dans les échantillons de sol, garantissant des procédures standardisées pour évaluer la contamination des sols. - XP X33-012 -
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Polluted sites and soils: Environmental Code https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/section_lc/LEGITEXT000006074220/LEGISCTA000023687435/
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Use of a bacterium of the genus Citrobacter for the degradation of chlordecone – FR3051802
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