timeline by Joseph Andreotti https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f Made with charisma en-us 2016-09-12 18:25:39 UTC 2025-11-02 04:04:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Environmental Science  https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f/wish/123299501 2016-09-12 21:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f/wish/123299501 https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f/wish/123299857 25. Bhopal Disaster was a disaster involving a small chemical manufacturing plant that leaked gas in India. It is  considered the world's worst industrial disaster. December 2,1984- December 3, 1984
 
 
 27. The great smog of 1952 was a severe air pollution that affected London during December 5, 1952-December 9, 1952
 
 28. The three gorges dam is a hydroelectric damn that spans the Yangtze River by the town of Sam dousing, located in Yiling District, Yichang. Present day 
 
  29. The Panama Canal is a man-made 48 mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. Present day (date of first use was August 15, 1914) 
 
  
  30. The 1st Earth day was originally on April 22, 1970
 
 31. The environment protection agency is an agency of federal government of the United States which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. Present day 
 
 32. The tragedy of the Commons is an economic theory in which every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit from a given source. 
 
 33. "An inconvenient truth" is a movie produced by Al Gore about global warming. It was released on May 24, 2006
 
 24. The Aral Sea is one of the 4 largest lakes in the world. It has been gradually shrinking since the 1960's after the rivers that fed it were diverted by Soviet irrigation projects. 
 
 26. Chernobyl was a nuclear disaster that occurred on April 26, 1986 when a nuclear power plant exploded in flames sending radioactive particles into the air effecting Europe. 
 
 23. The Baia Mare cyanide spill was a cyanide spill near Baia Mare, Romania, into the Someş River by the gold mining company, Aurul in the year 2000. ]]> 2016-09-12 21:27:31 UTC https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f/wish/123299857 Joseph andreotti 18andreottij1 https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f/wish/124411626 2016-09-16 16:31:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f/wish/124411626 Joseph andreotti 18andreottij1 https://padlet.com/18andreottij1/2t4x3ea4zg9f/wish/124412113 The Palomares Incident
on 17 January 1966, when a B-52G bomber of the United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refuelling at 31,000 feet

Sidoarjo Mud Flow
 the result of an erupting mud volcano in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since May 2006.


Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination
Jun 15, 2016 - Libby, Montana, is the story of a town discovering and then coping with toxic asbestos dust from the vermiculite mines that supplied jobs


Deep water horizon BP oil spill
on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. Following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig

Amoco Cadiz
a very large crude carrier under the Liberian flag of convenience owned by Amoco



Eccocide in Vietnam
destruction of our natural environment. Defined as the extensive damage to, destruction of or loss of ecosystems of a given territory

The Al-mishraq Fire
is a state run sulfur plant near Mosul, Iraq. In June 2003, it was the site of the largest human-made release of sulfur dioxide ever recorded when a fire gained control and burned for about three weeks.


The Love Canal
a neighborhood within Niagara Falls, New York. It is the site of a Superfund disaster that extensively affected the health of hundreds of its residents.

Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
is caused by nutrient enrichment from the Mississippi River, particularly nitrogen and phosphorous


Minamata Disease
a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech
The Seveso Disaster


E-waste in Guiyu, China
The constant movement into and processing of e-wastes in the area leading to the harmful and toxic environment and living conditions, coupled with inadequate facilities, have led to the Guiyu town
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