Pollution
Pollution
Pollution
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MAJOR POLLUTION INCIDENTS<br />
• London smog, 1952<br />
– urban air pollution by smoke and SO 2 killed 4,000 people<br />
• Minamata disease, 1953<br />
– industrial discharge of methylmercury killed 44 people and<br />
permanently damaged hundreds<br />
• Bhopal incident, 1984<br />
– accidental industrial release of methyl isocyanate killed 2,500 people<br />
• Chernobyl accident, 1986<br />
– nuclear power station accident killed 31 people from acute radiation<br />
poisoning, contaminated soils throughout Europe prompting<br />
destruction of agricultural produce throughout the continent for one<br />
subsequent year, could eventually cause 47,000 cancer deaths.<br />
• Exon Valdez accident, 1989<br />
– 250,000 barrels of oil spilled into the Prince William Sound in Alaska
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