The Caribbean is not the only territory contaminated with chlordecone, a highly persistent pollutant and suspected carcinogen, used as a pesticide in the banana plantations in Guadeloupe and Martinique between 1981 and 1993.
According to reports, some 1,600 tons of chlordecone were produced in the United States between 1958 and 1976. About 200 more tons of [...]