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Toxic asbestos dusts swept out from the vermiculite mines that the town relied on for generations, killed hundreds of the town’s own residents and left many more sick.
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An ignorance of intense over-plowing and farming over the land turned virgin top soil into dust, creating dust storms. Ruined miles of farmland.
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Worlds first atomic bomb testing and site. Paved the way for future atomic bomb testing and radiation that damaged ecosystems.
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Was established on October 5th, 1948 in the town of Fontainebleau, France. Is known as the first global union.
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Sulfur likely mixed with the fumes of burning coal, creating the thick yellow smog that killed thousands of humans and animals and hospitalized hundreds more.
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Thousands dies when local fish supply in Minimata, Japan became contaminated by bacteria. A factory on the bay was at fault for dumping mercury.
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Her book helped create the idea of environmental activism, she paved the way for the environmental protection agency.
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Millions of people took to the streets to protest environmental destruction. The protest had educated more people about how we were negatively affecting the earth.
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This hypothesis observes how the evolution of life and biological system behaves as one single entity.
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Forest conservation movement started in India, influenced other to start their own environment movements.
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The first save the whale movement was launched, it secured an international ban on commercial whaling.
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The abandoned Canal in New York became a dumping ground for toxic waste and chemicals. In 1978, the waste began to leak into basements and backyards, the people living in those homes were exposed to the toxins.
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More than 40 tons of methyl isocyanate leaked from a pesticide plant and caused significant morbidity and premature death.
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The resulting steam explosion and fires from the disaster released at least 5% of the radioactive reactor core into the environment.
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Eleven million gallons of oil spilled into Alaska’s Prince William Sound. Covered 1,300 miles of water, and killed thousands of marine organisms.
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A treaty made by Japan, that aimed to reduce the emission of gases that contribute to global warming.
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This explosion severely polluted the Songhua River, 100 tons of toxic chemicals spilled into the river. Human exposure to the river is linked to Leukemia.
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The documentary raised international public awareness of global warming and re-energizing the environmental movement.
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The coal ash spill released large amounts of arsenic, lead, mercury and other contaminants into the area’s natural resources. Damaging natural ecosystems and homes.
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Is known as California’s deadliest wild fire, killed 85 people, and was proven to be caused by man made power lines.