ABSTRACT
Chlordecone’s release to the environment will occur as a result of its manufacture and use as an insecticide and as a degradation product of the insecticide Mirex. Chlordecone should be sorbed to particulate matter in the atmosphere and thus subject to gravitational settling. Exposure to chlordecone will occur mainly through the consumption of contaminated foods, especially contaminated fish and seafood. Chlordecone and mirex are among the most stable pesticides in the aquatic environment. General population exposure to chlordecone will occur mainly through the consumption of contaminated fish and seafood. An aquatic laboratory model ecosystem was deployed in an evaluation of the insecticides Mirex and chlordecone, and the Mirex photodegradation product, photomirex. The manufacture and use of chlordecone have been restricted, which may have affected the number of people exposed. General population exposure to chlordecone will occur mainly through the consumption of contaminated fish and seafood.
