High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Velsicol Chemical Corporation is a Rosemont, Illinois based chemical company founded in 1931 that specializes in plasticizers. It has approximately 450 employees and is owned by the private equity firm Arsenal Capital. At the time the landmark anti-pesticide book Silent Spring was published (1962), Velsicol was the sole manufacturer of chlordane and heptachlor, two since-banned pesticides that feature prominently in the book. Velsicol threatened legal action against Silent Spring's publisher, though ultimately no such action was taken.

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