Environment disasters man made by Massimo Valerio https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0 Line of inquiry: How the levels of pollution changed over time en-us 2020-06-04 10:18:02 UTC 2025-11-18 21:49:33 UTC hello@padlet.com 1909 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610686288 ​Glasgow, Scotland,
winter inversions and smoke accumulations has killed over 1,000 in a city long known as “old reeky” for its air pollution.
]]> 2020-06-04 10:21:15 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610686288 1930 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610704703 Meuse River Valley, Belgium
The killer smog incident
Three days weather inversion in this industrial valley holds in smoke and 63 people died, with 6,000 ill.​]]> 2020-06-04 10:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610704703 The years that had most pollution in this timeline 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610709635 The years that had the most pollution were in world war 2 because of the bombs that were being planted and nuclear things.​]]> 2020-06-04 10:38:04 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610709635 1952 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610712098 London, United Kingdom
The Killer Fog
4000 people die in the worst London killer fog. Vehicles use lamps in broad daylight, but smog is so thick that busses run only with a guide walking ahead. By December 8 all transportation except the subway had come to a halt​.]]> 2020-06-04 10:39:41 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610712098 1956 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610712583 Minamata, Japan
Minamata Disease DIsaster
Chisso Corporation’s industrial wastewater containing methyl mercury was released into Minamata Bay and the Shiranui Sea. The disease was caused by mercury poisoning attacks to the nervous system. About 2,250 people succumbed as a direct outcome of the pollution event.]]> 2020-06-04 10:40:03 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610712583 1976 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610713186 Seveso, Milan, Italy.
The Seveso Disaster
An explosion at an manufacturing plant north of Milan, Italy released Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) into the atmosphere. The gas severely affected the neighboring town of Seveso. A little after, 3,300 animals died and many more were killed to stop the spread of the contamination into the food chain. About 500 people were found to have skin lesions and children were hospitalized with skin inflammation.​]]> 2020-06-04 10:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610713186 1984 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610713828 Bhopal, India,
Union Carbide Cyanide Gas Leak
a Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant accidentally released a deadly killer fog, that killed more than 5,000 people. They were victims of fatal poisoning by an isocyanate (pesticide) gas. More than 50,000 people have gone through treatment due to exposure to the gas and more than 500,000 people were exposed to the gas.]]> 2020-06-04 10:40:58 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610713828 1989 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610715298 Alaska, USA
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
260,000 to 750,000 barrels of crude oil was spilled in Prince William Sounds, Alaska by the oil tanker Exxon Valdez. It resulted as an accident after the oil tanker crashed into Bligh Reef. Research categorizes it as one of the most destructive human caused environmental disasters with both the long-term and short-term effects. The instant outcome was the deaths of 100,000 to as many as 250,000 seabirds, at least 2,800 sea otters, 300 harbor seals, 247 Bald Eagles, and 22 Orcas, and unidentified number of salmon and herring.
]]> 2020-06-04 10:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/610715298 For 2020 go check out the powerpoint since 2020 has to much information for the timeline 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/611015411 2020-06-04 13:40:35 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/611015411 1991 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/615088909 Kuwait
The Kuwait Oil Fires
Around 6 million barrels of oil were lost from January to November, 1991. 600 oil wells were set afire as part of the scorched earth policy by the retreating Iraqi military forces. $1.5 billion was spent by Kuwait to extinguish the fires that caused heavy pollution to the soil and air.]]> 2020-06-07 12:00:04 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/615088909 2005 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/615090473 Jilin, China
Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
here was a series of explosions at the Jilin chemical plant – Petro chemical plant in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China. These explosions claimed the life of six employees and left numerous people injured creating the need for evacuating tens of thousands of neighboring residents. What’s more, the explosions adversely polluted the Songhua River with approximately 100 tons of pollutants containing nitrobenzene and benzene whose exposure diminish white blood cell count and is linked to leukemia.]]> 2020-06-07 12:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/615090473 2010 4647 https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/615091515 Gulf of Mexico
British Petroleum Oil Spill
there was an explosion and sinking of a of the deepwater horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. The oil rig was leased and controlled by BP (British Petroleum) and was regarded the most prominent accidental marine oil spill in the petroleum industry history. Eleven employees died as a result of the explosion. The explosion also released about 60 million barrelsof mixed-grade oil from the disconnected well, which went on for more than four months. Over 34,000 birds (including egrets and blue heron), hundreds of sea turtles, about 72 dolphins and other marine vertebrates and invertebrates were poisoned, suffocated and died in the floating oil.]]> 2020-06-07 12:03:19 UTC https://padlet.com/4647/417fj5u2wsy57ax0/wish/615091515