{
  "abstract": "Chlordecone is an organochlorine pesticide that has been used in banana plantations on the French Caribbean islands to combat the banana weevil, a pest that ravaged crops. While chlordecone poses major risks to human health, many countries, including the United States, cancelled all registrations for chlordecone use by the end of 1977.1 In the French Caribbean islands, chlordecone was used massively until 1993, leading to the contamination of 20 000–30 000 hectares of agricultural land. Due to its persistence, it has permanently contaminated the soil and water and even continues to affect crops and livestock production. For example, 11% of local food products exceed safety thresholds.2",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Cardiovascular Research Team (EA 7525), Université des Antilles, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe",
        "Department of Critical Care, CHU de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique"
      ],
      "name": "Dabor Resiere"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Cardiovascular Research Team (EA 7525), Université des Antilles, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe",
        "Emergency Department, CHU de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique"
      ],
      "name": "Jonathan Florentin"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Cardiovascular Research Team (EA 7525), Université des Antilles, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe"
      ],
      "name": "Astrid Monfort"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "SAMU 93 - UF Recherche-Enseignement-Qualité, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Inserm U942, Hopital Avicenne, Bobigny, France"
      ],
      "name": "Frédéric Lapostolle"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Department of Medical and Toxicological Critical Care, Lariboisière Hospital, Paris Cité University, Paris, France"
      ],
      "name": "Bruno Megarbane"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Intensive Care Unit, Cayenne General Hospital, Cayenne, French Guiana"
      ],
      "name": "Hatem Kallel"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Cardiovascular Research Team (EA 7525), Université des Antilles, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe",
        "Department of Critical Care, CHU de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique"
      ],
      "name": "Remi Nevière"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Chlordecone (Kepone) exposure in the French West Indies: the urgent need to address a flawed management approach",
  "uid": "59159870-52c7-582d-afc2-03117404e2e3"
}