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The silent spring book was an environmental science book published by Rachel Carson. The book was about the chemical industry and the way they polluted the earth.
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The Minamata disease was a disease that was caused by methyl mercury poising in the Minamata bay. The methelmercury was consumed by the fish and then the fish was consumed by humans.
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The president of the United States at then time,Richard Nixon created the EPA to help contain and regulate pollution in the US
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The bhopal Incedent was a large gas leak that killed thousands of people. The cause of this leak was the poor maintenance of the workers. The gas blown by the wind then exploded.
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The Chernobyl incedent was a nuclear reactor meltdown that occured in Ukraine. The cause of it was a test that went wrong. The aftermath of this event was that it contaminated many miles of land and killed many people.
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Julia Butterfly camped in a tree for 2 years. The reason for this was because she was protesting the forestry company from cutting down the tree she was in.
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The Fukushima accident was a nuclear reactor disaster in Japan. The Incident was caused by a large earthquake which then caused a tsunami. This tsunami crashed into the nuclear power plant and spread the toxic waste upon the land.