Gladwyn d’Souza · @godsouza
96 followers · 1016 posts · Server sfba.social#Coverup: CTEH has been hired during some of the worst #environmentaldisasters in American history—often by the very #companies that caused them. During each of these incidents, CTEH was criticized by #environmentalgroups or #governmentagencies, and residents or workers reported becoming sick after they were told it was safe to return to normal life.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/cteh-norfolk-southern-east-palestine/
#coverup #environmentaldisasters #companies #environmentalgroups #governmentagencies
DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
795 followers · 9239 posts · Server kolektiva.socialMost of these I knew about, but not #GrassyNarrows
"Grassy Narrows mercury contamination (1960s)
For nearly a decade, the Dryden Mill’s chloralkali plant discharged up to 24,000 pounds of mercury into the #WabigoonRiver. It is regarded as one of the worst cases of industrial pollution in Canada’s history. Many people in the Grassy Narrows #FirstNation and #Whitedog First Nation communities were poisoned due to the contamination."
#EnvironmentalDisasters #EnvironmentalRacism #Canada
#GrassyNarrows #wabigoonriver #firstnation #whitedog #environmentaldisasters #environmentalracism #canada
DoomsdaysCW · @DoomsdaysCW
795 followers · 9238 posts · Server kolektiva.social20 of the biggest environmental disasters in history
By Stacker, Published
March 28, 2023
1. Honkeiko colliery mining disaster (China, 1942)
2. Great Smog of London (#UK, 1952)
3. #GrassyNarrows #mercury contamination (1960s)
4. #ThreeMileIsland accident (#Pennsylvnia, 1979)
5. #Bhopal disaster (#India, 1984)
6. #Chernobyl (#SovietUnion, 1986)
7. #Exxon Valdez oil spill (#Alaska, 1989)
8. #Phillips disaster (#Texas, 1989)
9. Ufa train disaster (#SovietUnion, 1989)
10. Cantara Loop derailment (#California, 1991)
11. Nambija mine disaster (#Ecuador, 1993)
12. Baia Mare #Cyanide spill (#Romania, 2000)
13. Martin County coal slurry spill (#Kentucky, 2000)
14. Toulouse chemical factory explosion (#France, 2001)
15. Ivory Coast toxic waste dump (#Africa, 2006)
16. Kingston coal ash spill (#Tennessee, 2008)
17. #DeepwaterHorizon oil spill (#Louisiana, #GulfOfMexico, 2010)
18. #Fukushima (#Japan, 2011)
19. #Guangxi #cadmium spill (#China, 2012)
20. #Mariana dam disaster (#Brazil, 2015)
#environment #EnvironmentalDisasters #Toxic #WaterIsLife #Pollution
#uk #GrassyNarrows #mercury #threemileisland #Pennsylvnia #bhopal #india #chernobyl #sovietunion #exxon #alaska #phillips #texas #california #ecuador #cyanide #romania #kentucky #france #africa #tennessee #deepwaterhorizon #louisiana #gulfofmexico #fukushima #japan #Guangxi #cadmium #china #Mariana #brazil #environment #environmentaldisasters #toxic #waterislife #pollution