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1 Billion Population
the earth hit 1 billion population -
Love Canal
Back in the 1920s, the Love Canal was used as a chemical waste dump and environmental disaster site in Niagara Falls, New York. -
2 Billion Population
The earth hit 2 billion population -
Minamata disaster
In 1932 to 1968, the Chisso Corporation near Minamata Bay in Japan dumped around 27 tons of mercury compounds into Minamata Bay. It lead to people to have an unusual neurologic disease -
3 billion population
The earth hit 3 billion population -
Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Published
Rachel Carson book was published on September 27th, 1962, explaining the damage on how man-made pesticides affect the environment -
Stockholm Conference
In 1972 there was the first global conference to prioritize environmental issues. The conference had several outcomes such as dialogue between countries and calls to action -
Endangered Species Act
in 1973, a group got together to conserve and protect both domestic and abroad endangered and threatened species along with their habitats -
4 billion population
The earth hit 4 billion population -
Seveso dioxin cloud
the result of a chemical plant explosion in Italy in 1976 that released a toxic cloud of dioxin gas into the air -
Bhopal disaster
on December 3, 1984, over 40 tons of methyl isocyanate gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal India instantly killing 3,800 people and causing significant morbidity and premature death for thousands more -
Chernobyl meltdown
an accident in 1986 which was a result of a flawed reactor design that was operated by not well-trained personnel. -
Montreal Protocol
In 1987 there was an international agreement to protect the ozone layer by reducing the production and use of ozone-depleting substances. -
5 billion population
The earth hit 4 billion population -
Exxon Valdez oil spill
in 1989, when the Exxon Valdez oil tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound Alaska it hit the reef spilling 11 million gallons of oil -
Kyoto protocol
in 1992, the Kyoto protocol was an international agreement that industrialized countries to slow down on the greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the United States nations convention the agreement was historic step forward to addressing global warming -
6 billion population
The earth hit 6 billion population -
The Baia Mare Gold Mine Cyanide Spill
in 1999 a dam containing toxic waste material burst and released 100,000 cubic meters of wastewater into the Lapus and Some tributaries of the river Tisza with heavily contaminated with Cyanide. -
Jilin chemical plant explosions
In 2005 An explosion at a petrochemical plant in Jilin China resulted in the release of 100 tons of toxic liquids including benzene, aniline, and nitrobenzene into the Songhua River -
An Inconvenient Truth released
An Oscar winning documentary released in 2006, explaining how humans have ruined the planet and what we need to do and how quickly we need to act and save earth. -
7 billion population
The earth hit 7 billion population -
deepwater horizon oil spill
in 2010 the largest marine oil spill was caused by an explosion. A surge of natural gas blasted through a concrete core recently installed to seal the well for later use -
8 billion population
The earth hit 8 billion population