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Jan 1, 1400
Century XIII
shortages of firewood for industries and basic needs of the population. Carbon health problems, deterioration of buildings, visibility the effect of pollution on plants. -
century XIX
From the nineteenth century, especially following the Industrial Revolution, pollution problems become more severe and worry starts for environmental sanitation. -
Century xx
where in1930 the emanations of an industrial complex located in the Meuse valley left a toll of 63 dead from poisoning by fluorine; this tragedy occurred during a short event low thermal inversion and fog. In the United States, Pittsburgh. -
twentieth century metal smelters
a similar case occurred in a group of steel processing industries and zinc, in the presence of similar weather patterns -
the thickness of dilution in the atmosphere
in London, five days of fog and low investment that reduced the thickness of dilution in the atmosphere at less than 150 meters resulted in the deaths of more than 4,000 people. -
pesticide plant in India
there was a leak of chemicals from a pesticide plant in India , causing the release of a toxic gas cloud as hydrocyanic acid -
the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl
the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl (Ukraine) had a serious accident during which abundant radioactive material was released into the atmosphere. -
US ecological tragedies
the Exxon Valdez ran aground ship on the shores of Prince William Sound , Alaska , spilling 41 million gallons of crude .
This was one of the worst US ecological tragedies -
fire in a chemical industry
in the municipality of The Mirror there was a fire in a chemical industry, which led to a mushroom of black smoke for several hours and caused alarm in the population -
the largest nuclear accident in Japan
it occurred one of the largest nuclear accident in Japan - the second after Fukushima - . Three workers at a uranium processing plant performed poorly -
the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon
an explosion on the drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, British Petroleum , killed 11 workers and broke the Macondo well , which caused the worst oil spill offshore in US history -
earthquake and tsunami in Japan
earthquake and tsunami in Japan caused serious damage to the Central Fukushima I, implying technological failures that eventually the complete loss of control over the plant and its reactors
