Chlordecone: Environmental Health Criteria 43

Chlordecone (Kepone) is a tan- to white-coloured solid. Gas chromatography with electron capture detection is the method most widely used for the determination of chlordecone. Chlordecone was used as an insecticide and as a base material in the manufacture of the insecticide kelevan. I t s production in the USA was discontinued in 1976; information about its production elsewhere is lacking.