Swann Chemical Company

The Swann Chemical Company was an American chemical company started by Theodore Swann, described by one historian as "a flamboyant Birmingham mogul and New South industrialist."[1] Swann Chemical first operated a chemical manufacturing plant in Anniston, Alabama where PCBs were first made on an industrial scale after development of a new process under leadership of Theodore Swann.[2] The plant was later bought by Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co. in 1935.[3][4][5] The plant, just west of Anniston, had around 1,000 employees.[1]

One historian wrote that, "In many ways, the spirit of Swann Chemical became the corporate culture of Monsanto."[1]

References
  1. Spears, Ellen Griffith (April 2014). Baptized in PCBs: Race, Pollution, and Justice in an All-American Town. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4696-1171-6.
  2. Dracos, Ted (November 2010). Biocidal: Confronting the Poisonous Legacy of PCBs. Beacon Press.
  3. "Poisoned By PCBs: "A Lack of Control"". Chemical Industry Archives. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. Head, Thomas R., III (Spring 2005). "PCBs—The Rise and Fall of an Industrial Miracle" (PDF). Natural Resources & Environment: 18. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  5. Montague, Peter. "How We Got Here -- Part 1: The History of Chlorinated Diphenyl (PCB's)". HudsonWatch.net.
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