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Castle Bravo
Code name given to the first United States test of a dry hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atol, Marsall Islands. It was the most powerful nuclear device ever detonated by United States. -
Minamata Disease
Is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. Minamata disease was first discovered in Minamata city in Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. It was caused by the release of methylmercury in the industrial wastewater from the Chisso Corporation's chemical factory. Symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow within weeks of the ons -
The Shrinking of the Aral Sea
Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan in the north and Uzbekistan in the south. One of the four largest lakes in the world. Has been shrieking after rivers were diverted by the Soviet irrigation projects. -
Silent Spring
an environmental science book written by Rachel Carson. It docuented the detrimental effects on the environment particularly on birds. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation and public officials of accepting industry claims unquestionability. -
Libby, Montana Asbestos Contamination
Town discovers toxic asbestos dust from vermiculate mines that supply jobs to 200 residents and helped Libby prosper. Residents are facing critical environmental and health crisis caused by the slow motion technological disaster of asbestos exposure. Have been hundreds of deaths and illnessses in the community resulting the exposure. -
The Palomares Incident
The United States Air Force's Strategic Air Command's B52-G bomber collided with a KC-135 tanker during mid-air refueling. Off of the coast of Spain,over the Meditterrean Sea at an altitude of 31,000 feet. The collission killed four crew members on KC-135, and killing three of the seven aboard on the B52-G. -
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone
Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans and large lakes, caused by "excessive nutrient pollution from human activities coupled with other factors that deplete the oxygen required to support most marine life in bottom and near-bottom water. -
The Love Canal
Love Canal is a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, located in the LaSalle section of the city. Love Canal became the subject of national and international attention after it was revealed in the press that the site had formerly been used to bury 22,000 tons of toxic waste by Hooker Chemical Company. -
Fukushima Daiichi
Disabled BWR nuclear power plant in towns of Okuma and Futaba. Plant consist of boiling water reactors . The light water reactors drove electrical generators with combined power of 4.7GWe making it one of the largest nuclear powers in the world. -
Door to Hell
Natural gas field in Derweze, Turkmenistan burning continously since it was discovered. In middle of Karakum Desert. gas reserve is on of the largest in the world. -
The Seveso Disaster
The Seveso disaster was an industrial accident in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately 15 kilometres (9 mi) north of Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy. It resulted in the highest known exposure in residential populations, which gave rise to numerous scientific studies and standardized industrial safety regulations. -
Amoco Cadiz
Amoco Cadiz was a very large crude carrier under the Liberian flag of convenience owned by Amoco. She ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 5 km (3 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France; and ultimately split in three and sank, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. -
The Three Mile Island Nuclear Explosion
Partial nuclear meltdown in one of the two Three Mile Island nuclear reactors in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Worst accident in US commercial nuclear power plant history. -
The Bhopal Disaster
Bhopal gas tragedy was a gas leak incident in India . Considered to be the world's worst industrial disaster. Over 500,000 people were exposed to methyl isocyanate gas and other chemicals. -
The Chernobyl Nuclear Explosion
A castastrophic nuclear accident that occured at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. It released 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the atmosphere. 30 people died caused by the accident. -
Pacific Gyre Garbage Patch
gyre of marine debris particles in the central North Pacific Ocean. The patch extends over an indeterminate area, ranging widely depending on the degree of plastic concentration used to define the affected area. -
The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
occured in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Exxon Valdez, an oil tanker bound for Long Beach, California spilled 11 to 38 million gallons of crude oil. Considered one of the most devastating human-caused environmental disasters. -
The Kuwait Oil Fires
Caused by the Iraqi military forces setting fire to 605 to 732 oil wells along with oil filled low-lying areas while retreating from Kuwait due to advances of coalition military forces in the Persian Gulf War. -
Baia Mare Cyanide Spill
It was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare, Romania, into the Someş River by the gold mining company Aurul. The polluted waters eventually reached the Tisza and then the Danube, killing large numbers of fish in Hungary and Yugoslavia. -
The Al-mishraq Fire
Al-Mishraq is a state run sulfur plant near Mosul, Iraq. it was the site of the largest human-made release of sulfur dioxide ever recorded when a fire (thought to have been deliberately started) gained control and burned for about three weeks. the fire was putting 21,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide a day into the atmosphere. -
E-waste in Guiyu, China
Guiyu, in Guangdong Province, China, is an agglomerate of four adjoined villages widely perceived as the largest electronic waste (e-waste) site in the world. The constant movement into and processing of e-wastes in the area leading to the harmful and toxic environment and living conditions, coupled with inadequate facilities, have led to the Guiyu town being nicknamed the "electronic graveyard of the world -
Jilin Chemical Plant Explosions
Series of explosion in the No.101 Petrochemical Plant in Jillin City, Jillin Province in China over period of an hour. Explosion killed six, injured dozens, and caused the evacuations of tens of thousands of residents. -
Sidoarjo Mud Flow
The result of an erupting mud volcano, also releasing gas in East Jave, Indonesia. The hot mud seems as if it will continue to flow indefinetly. All efforts to cease flow have failed. Cause of this was oil and gas exploration and failure to using a protected drill into volcano. -
TVA Kingston Fossil Plant Coal Fly Ash Slurry Spill
ash dike ruptured at an 84 acre solid waste containment area at the Tenesse Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roanne County, Tennesse. 1.1 billion US gallons of coal fly ash slurry was released. -
Deep water horizon BP oil spill
In the Gulf of Mexico, following the explosion and sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, a sea-floor oil gusher flowed for 87 days, until it was capped on 15 July 2010. Eleven people were never found, considered the largest accidental marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry. total discharge at 4.9 million barrels. -
Eccocide in Vietnam
