Virginia Currents
Currents Uncut: Life After A Chemical Crisis in Hopewell
Clip: Season 29 Episode 8 | 17m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Frank Arrigo tells us what life is like after the Kepone Chemical Crisis in Hopewell.
Frank Arrigo, a former Life Sciences employee, tells us what life is like after the Kepone Chemical Crisis in Hopewell. He talks about the severe symptoms he endured while working at Life Sciences as a welder, and for years after the plant was closed down and still today. Kepone was used as an insecticide and first manufactured by Allied Chemical then Life Sciences.
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Virginia Currents
Currents Uncut: Life After A Chemical Crisis in Hopewell
Clip: Season 29 Episode 8 | 17m 9sVideo has Closed Captions
Frank Arrigo, a former Life Sciences employee, tells us what life is like after the Kepone Chemical Crisis in Hopewell. He talks about the severe symptoms he endured while working at Life Sciences as a welder, and for years after the plant was closed down and still today. Kepone was used as an insecticide and first manufactured by Allied Chemical then Life Sciences.
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