My smart padlet by Kiera Smith https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc Made with a little mischief en-us 2016-09-07 14:00:51 UTC 2024-12-01 22:44:40 UTC hello@padlet.com 23)Baia Mare Cyanide Spill 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122113089 On January 30, 2000 a dam holding contaminated water burst and spilled into rivers and farmlands which killed large quantites of fish and crops.]]> 2016-09-07 14:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122113089 1.Silent Spring  17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122113521 A book made in 1958 by Rachel Carson. It talks about how DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloro) one of the worlds most powerful pesticide entered into the food chain,the fat tissues of animals (including humans) and insects and started causing cancer and genetic damage.
 ]]> 2016-09-07 14:09:00 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122113521 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122113698 12.Sidoarjo Mud Flow: The Sidoarjo mud flow or Lapindo mud is 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. this effected so many homes and lands.
]]> 2016-09-07 14:09:25 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122113698 24)The Shrinking of the Aral Sea 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122116214 One of the largest lakes in the world started to shrink in the 1960's after the rivers were diverted by soviet irrigation projects.]]> 2016-09-07 14:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122116214 25)The Bhopal Disaster 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122119772 On December 3, 1984 more than 40 tons of gas leaked from a pesticide plant in India and thousands of people died.]]> 2016-09-07 14:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122119772 13.Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination: this story can be traced back from 1919 Libby, Montana, is the story of a town discovering and then coping with toxic asbestos dust from the vermiculite mines that supplied jobs to more than 200 residents. 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122120737 2016-09-07 14:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122120737 26)The Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122122393
On April 26, 1986 a disaster at the Chernobyla nuclear power plant in Unkraine was the product of a flawed Soviet reactor design coupled with serious mistakes made by the plant operators. Thousands of people died and as many as 70,000 suffered severe poisoning. In addition, a large area of land may not be livable for as much as 150 years]]> 2016-09-07 14:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122122393 2. Fukushima Daiichi  17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122123594 March 11, 2011 a earthquake and a tsunami disabled the power supply and the cooling of three Fukushima reactors, causing a nuclear reaction.  100000 people were evacuated  from their homes, and about 1,000 people were killed. By July they were being cooled down and treated. ]]> 2016-09-07 14:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122123594 27)The Great Smog of 52 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122125367 From Decmeber to March 1953 a dense, grimy cloud of fog descended on London, immobilizing the city and causing more than 4,000 deaths over a five-day period with an additional 8,000 deaths in the aftermath.]]> 2016-09-07 14:31:58 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122125367 14.Deep water horizon BP oil spill:The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill began on April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of  Mexico on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. This really effected the dolphins and fish. 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122125634 2016-09-07 14:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122125634 28)The Three Gorges Dam 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122128350 The Three Gorges Dam is the world’s largest hydropower project. The massive project sets records for number of people displaced (more than 1.2 million), number of cities and towns flooded (13 cities, 140 towns, 1,350 villages), ]]> 2016-09-07 14:38:38 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122128350 3. TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill  17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122129515 December 22, 2008, a retention pond wall collapsed at Tennessee Valley Authority's. Releasing water and fly ash that flooded 12 homes, caused a train wreck and spilled into near by lakes. Hundreds of fish died, and when the water was tested it had lead and thallium in it. ]]> 2016-09-07 14:41:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122129515 29The Panama Canal 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122131365 The Panama Canal is a man-made 48-mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.]]> 2016-09-07 14:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122131365 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122131489 15.Amoco Cadiz: Amoco Cadiz was a very large crude carrier under the Liberian flag of convenience owned by Amoco this had started in November of 1973]]> 2016-09-07 14:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122131489 30)1st Earth Day 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122132183 Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It was first celebrated in 1970]]> 2016-09-07 14:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122132183 31)Environmental Protection Agency 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122133117 EPA's mission is to protect human health and the environment.]]> 2016-09-07 14:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122133117 16.Ecocide in Vietnam:ecocide in Vietnam the invention,use and effects the jungles of Vietnam are scared with the effects of ecocide nearly 20 million gallons of herbicide was sprayed on the jungles of Vietnam between the years 1959-1975 the majority of the chemicals sprayed and accounted for was the deadly agent orange operation 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122133707 2016-09-07 14:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122133707 32)Tragedy of the Commons 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122134302 The tragedy of the commons is an economic theory of a situation within a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently and rationally according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting that resource.]]> 2016-09-07 14:52:05 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122134302 33)An Inconvenient Truth 17walkerm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122135338 An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former   Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate citizens about global warming via a comprehensive slide show that, by his own estimate made in the film, he has given more than a thousand times.]]> 2016-09-07 14:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122135338 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122135967 17.The Al-Nishraq Fire:The Al-Mishraq fire occurred at the Al-Mishraq State Sulfur Plant, located in Mosul, Iraq, in June of 2003. This serious disaster is believed to be the result of an intentional fire set on June 24th, which burned at the plant for nearly a month before it was finally extinguished. During the course of the fire, the flames released high amounts of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide into the surrounding environment, which resulted in the death of the surrounding vegetation and serious health concerns for those living in the area.]]> 2016-09-07 14:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122135967 4. The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill 17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122138467 March 24, 1989, the oil tanker Exxon Valdez had just entered Alaska's Prince William Sound.  At 12:04 am, the ship struck a reef, tearing open the hull and releasing 11 million gallons of oil into the environment. more than 1,000 miles of coastline were fouled, and hundreds of thousands of animals perished.]]> 2016-09-07 14:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122138467 18.The Love Canal: is 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. 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122138617 2016-09-07 15:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122138617 19. Gulf Of Mexico Dead Zone: is an area of hypoxic (link to USGS definition) (less than 2 ppm dissolved oxygen) waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Its area varies in size, but can cover up to 6,000-7,000 square miles. 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122140103 2016-09-07 15:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122140103 5. Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch  17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122630178 A collection of Marine debris ( litter that ends up in oceans, seas, other water) in the North Pacific Ocean. It was discovered between 1985 and 1988. ]]> 2016-09-09 02:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122630178 6. Jilin Chemical Plant Explosion  17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122634652  November 13, 2005, an explosion at a petrochemical plant in China's northeastern Jilin Province resulted in the release of 100 tons of toxins into the Songhua River. The chemical plant’s explosions occurred for over an hour and affected  thousands of people. The blast and the fire killed at least six people and injured around 70 people. ]]> 2016-09-09 02:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122634652 7. Castle Bravo  17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122635353 Code name given to the first United States test of a dry fuel hydrogen bomb, detonated on March 1, 1954, at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, as the first test of Operation Castle.Castle Bravo was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by the United States. People were not evacuated until three days later and suffered radiation sickness.]]> 2016-09-09 02:48:51 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122635353 8.The Three Mile Island Nuclear Explosion 17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122636179 A partial nuclear meltdown that occurred on March 28, 1979, in reactor number 2 of Generating Station in Dauphin County, PA. It was the most significant accident in U.S. commercial nuclear power plant history. The incident was rated a five on the seven-point International Nuclear Scale.]]> 2016-09-09 02:57:59 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122636179 9.The Kuwait Oil Fires 17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122637614 January and February of  1991 a oil fire was started  by Iraqi military forces setting fire to  oil wells along with an unspecified number of oil filled low-lying areas.  Hussein sent men to blow up Kuwaiti oil wells. Approximately 600 were set ablaze, and the fires burned for seven months. Scores of livestock and other animals died from the oily mist, their lungs blackened by the liquid.]]> 2016-09-09 03:16:13 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122637614 10. Door to Hell 17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122639089 Is  a natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan, that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater. In 1971 geologists set it on fire to prevent the spread of methane gas, and it has been burning continuously since then. ]]> 2016-09-09 03:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122639089 11.The Palomares Incident 17smithk1 https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122639301 Palomares incident, occurred 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 refueling at 31,000 ft. Killing four members of the crew. ]]> 2016-09-09 03:40:48 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122639301 20.Minamata Disease:chronic poisoning by alkyl mercury compounds from industrial waste, characterized by (usually permanent) impairment of brain functions such as speech, sight, and muscular coordination. 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122728363 2016-09-09 13:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122728363 21.The Seveso Disaster: was an industrial accident that occurred around 12:37 pm on July 10, 1976, in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately 20 kilometres north of Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy. 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122729585 2016-09-09 13:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122729585 22.E-waste in Guiyu, China:The largest e-waste disposal site in China and quite possibly the world, Guiyu receives shipments of toxic e-waste, both from domestic sources and from other countries via Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nanhai. 18crimm https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122730545 2016-09-09 13:38:37 UTC https://padlet.com/17smithk1/904v2vhqemtc/wish/122730545