Abstract
The Kepone contamination episode of 1966-75 was a milestone that focused an entire nation’s attention on environmental hazards and our need to do better in recognizing and avoiding them. We have learned a great deal from that unfortunate story. The evolution of American environmental law since the Kepone debacle has repeatedly used the incident as a touchstone in identifying environmental pollution’s causes, effects, and potential solutions. This essay offers four propositions, about two things that have changed, and two things that have not, in the years since Kepone, taking account of where we are, and seeking some points of consensus.
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- Subject
Environmental Law
Land Use Law
Law and Economics
Law and Society
Legal History
Legal Writing and Research
Legislation
Natural Resources Law
Politics
Social Welfare Law
- Journal title
University of Richmond Law Review
- Volume
29
- Pagination
657-713
- Date submitted
7 September 2022
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