# Event Details

- **Event Name**: A Talk With Historian Gregory Wilson on the Kepone Environmental Disaster
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 pm – Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 01:00 pm
- **Event Description**: James River Closed | A Talk With Historian Gregory Wilson on the 50th Anniversary of the Kepone Environmental Disaster

Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025 | 12:00 –1:00 p.m.

This is a free event, but registration is required at https://lva-virginia.libcal.com/event/15624134

Limited free parking is available underneath the Library at 800 East Broad Street.

In December 1975, Virginia Governor Mills Godwin closed the James River to fishing in response to the Kepone environmental disaster caused by pesticide contamination. Join us for a talk by historian Gregory Wilson, author of “Poison Powder: The Kepone Disaster in Virginia and Its Legacy,” exploring the repercussions of Kepone's impact on Virginia’s environment and the lasting effects of the disaster.
 
The toxic impact came to light after workers at Life Science Products, a small pesticide factory in Hopewell, Virginia, became ill after exposure to Kepone, the brand name for the pesticide chlordecone. News of ill workers eventually led to the discovery of widespread environmental contamination of the nearby James River and the landscape of the small, working-class city.
 
A book signing will follow the program. Wilson is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Akron, where he researches and teaches Ohio history, as well as public history, labor and the environment in the 20th century. 
 
This event is co-sponsored by the James River Association and the Virginia Environmental Endowment.

For more information, contact education@lva.virginia.gov.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/richmond/a-talk-with-historian-gregory-wilson-on-the-kepone-environmental-disaster/200029163509744
- **Event Categories**: workshops, art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 18

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Richmond
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23219
- **lat**: 37.5413
- **long**: -77.43413
- **full address**: 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23219

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- **organizer**: Library of Virginia (https://allevents.in/org/library-of-virginia/25962250)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 03 Dec, 2025 at 12:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA, United States, Virginia 23219
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Library of Virginia
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** workshops, art, literary-art
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