https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1 en-us 2018-02-26 21:16:44 UTC 2026-03-16 05:00:11 UTC hello@padlet.com jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235639476 Occurred in the Gulf Mexico in 2015 when an explosion on an off shore drilling rig caused oil to spill into the ocean. It was cleaned up by using controlled burns, sponges, and dispersants.]]> 2018-02-26 21:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235639476 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235642278 An oil tanker struck a reef in Prince William Sound in Alaska in 1989 which caused oil to leak into the environment. It caused poisoning of the local marine population and workers. ]]> 2018-02-26 21:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235642278 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235643147 Occurred on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune when water treatment plants failed to remove toxins from a cleaning company nearby. It increased the risk of cancer in people and soaked into the soil.]]> 2018-02-26 21:28:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235643147 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235643883 Occurred in Silverton, Colorado in 2015 when mine waste water spilled into a nearby river with dangerous minerals. It hurt agriculture in the area and the environment and was cleaned up using a water treatment plant.]]> 2018-02-26 21:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235643883 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235644496 Occurred in Niagara Falls, New York between 1940 and 2004 when a community was built on top of an old Chemical dumping ground. It caused birth defects and would reduce the life expectancy of animals.]]> 2018-02-26 21:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235644496 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235645034 Occurred in Hinkley, California between 1952 and 1966 when chromium was leaking into ground water. It caused cancer in both humans and animals and soaked into the environment.]]> 2018-02-26 21:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235645034 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235645487 Occurred in Noertheast Ohio in 1969 when high amount of pollutants in the river caught fire. It destroyed thousands of dollars of property by the river and hurt local fish population.]]> 2018-02-26 21:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235645487 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235645925 Occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts in the late 1970s when PCE and other chemicals being dumped began leaking into ground water. It caused cancer and soaked into the environment damaging many animals and plants.]]> 2018-02-26 21:35:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235645925 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235646333 Occurred in West Virginia in 2014 when MCHM leaked into the river due to a leak from a tank. It caused vomiting and nausea in humans and harmed the environment but was not lethal.]]> 2018-02-26 21:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235646333 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235646956 Occurred in Wisconsin in 193 when a water treatment plants failed to filter out contaminants in the water. It caused illness and death among people and had killed 104 deaths.]]> 2018-02-26 21:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235646956 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235647356 Occurred in North Carolina in 2015 when coal ash pits began leaking arsenic and selenium into the water. It poisoned humans and harmed the environment and nothing has been able to stop it.]]> 2018-02-26 21:39:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235647356 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235647651 Occurred in the Gulf of Mexico since the starting of farming in the US and high amounts of phosphorus and nitrates have been leaking into the gulf. As a result algae blooms occur larger and remove oxygen in the water due to their deaths which reduces the amount of oxygen in the water harming fishing and fish.]]> 2018-02-26 21:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235647651 jburke6196 https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235648318 Occurred in the Hudson River between 1947 and 1977 when General Electric and other companies began dumping PCBS in to the river. The chemicals caused neurological problems in humans and fish.]]> 2018-02-26 21:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jburke6196/x2hy7bglmzp1/wish/235648318