Talk:Chlordecone

Dead Kennedys song

Is it worth mentioning in a 'popular culture' reference that the band The Dead Kennedys had a song about the effects called Kepone Factory? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.183.140.55 (talk) 21:36, 3 November 2009 (UTC)

Sure, why not? -- I'll go ahead and add it. Jrtayloriv (talk) 05:34, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Nevermind, someone else already did :) -- Jrtayloriv (talk) 05:35, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Requested move 27 February 2021

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The result of the move request was: Moved (non-admin closure) (t · c) buidhe 16:11, 6 March 2021 (UTC)

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Kepone → Chlordecone – Chlordecone is the ISO name that is used by e.g. ECHA or Stockholm Convention. Leyo 15:18, 27 February 2021 (UTC)

• Support - It does seem to be the favored term internationally. Also used by the BBC and other British media.--Lubiesque (talk) 20:42, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
• Support, brand names are usually not allowed to be the titles of chemical articles. Abductive (reasoning) 19:15, 28 February 2021 (UTC)

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"as the driver for Gerald Ford's half-hearted approval in 1976 of the Toxic Substances Control Act"

what's with the use of "half-hearted" in this sentence here? This seems highly editorialized to me without any further elaboration on the topic. Flidbouillon (talk) 03:06, 2 June 2025 (UTC)

C&EN doesn't call it half-hearted in their article. I tried to clarify there. -- Reconrabbit 15:25, 12 June 2025 (UTC)