Effects on our Environment Throughout Time

By Mackenzie Marbrey

  • Asbestos

    Asbestos
    Asbestos is a set of six naturally occurring silicate minerals,[1] which all have in common their eponymous asbestiform habit: long thin fibrous crystals, with each visible fiber composed of millions of microscopic "fibrils" that can be released by abrasion and other processes.Libby, Montana, is the story of a town discovering and then coping with toxic asbestos dust

  • Silent Spring

    Silent Spring
    -Pesticide sprays were harmful to the people
    -Accussed chemical companies of spreading false information

  • Castle Bravo

    Castle Bravo
    -Most powerful nuclear device
    -exceeded expectations and released radioactivity

  • The palomaries incident

    -a bomber collided with a tanker in mid air and killed seven new memebers of the air force
    -happened over the medditaranian sea off the coast of spain

  • Fukushima Daiichi

    Fukushima Daiichi
    -15th largest nuclear power station in the world
    -an earthquake damaged the plant so people within that area had to evacuate

  • Door to hell

    Door to hell
    -descovered by soviet engineers looking to find oil but instead found gas
    -after abandonment the area collapsed creating a giant hole in the ground

  • The three mile island nuclear explosion

    The three mile island nuclear explosion
    -worst nuclear accident to happen in US history
    -rated a five on a point seven international nuclear event scale

  • Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch

    Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
    -High concentrations were discovered
    -Componenets are almost not visible to the human eye

  • The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

    The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
    -was released in Alaska
    -one of the most devistating human caused disaster

  • The Kuwait Oil Fires

    The Kuwait Oil Fires
    -caused by iraq millitary personel wanting to gain millitary contrrol
    -actually did not end untill april of 1991

  • Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions

    Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
    -series of explosians
    -Killed six and injured dozens

  • Sidoarjo Mud Flow

    Sidoarjo Mud Flow
    The Sidoarjo mud flow or Lapindo mud is the result of an erupting mud volcano.
    It's located in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia that has been in eruption since May 2006.

  • TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill

    TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
    -1.1 billion US gallons of coal fly ash curry was released
    -largest fly ash released in US history