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Kepone Poisoning Ties Hopewell Plant to Illnesses
Dale Gilbert, 34, a Life Science Products worker in Hopewell, Virginia, developed Kepone poisoning after exposure at the plant. Health officials linked dozens of workers to the chemical, triggering a shutdown, river fishing bans, and a $29 million lawsuit against Allied Chemical and Hooker Chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Baskerwill
Associated Press
Hopewell
Dale Gilbert
Life Science Products Co. Inc
Gilbert
Chou
Yi-Nan Chou
John Randolph Hospital
Federal Center For Disease Control
Alantas
Kepone
Life Science
Virginia Department of Health
Hooker Chemicals & Plastics Corp
Allied Chemical Corp
Ie Science
Virginia
James
Congressional
Life Science Products
South
Allied
Giant Chemical Company
Virgil A. Hundtofte
William P. Moore
Moore
Hundlofte
Delbert R. White
Life Science Plant
White
Hundtofte
Allied Chemical
Hooker Chemicals