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this publish was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Racheal’s scientific perspective created a work of substantial depth and credibility that sparked widespread debate.
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Endangered Species Act the endangered species act is and act incorporated in 1973 to protect endangered species and other animals that are close to being specified as endangered. It is established to protect fish wildlife and plants that are listed as threatened.
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The Love Canal was an abandoned canal in Niagara Falls, New York, that became a hazardous chemical waste dump for the Hooker Chemical Company and later a neighborhood with a public school built on top of it, this was one of the worst man made disasters. A total of 221 family had to move because of this
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December 3rd 1984 over 500000 people in Union Carbide India were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, which is considered the worlds worst industrial disaster. Since the disaster India has experienced rapid industrialization, while some positive changes in government policy and behavior of a few industries have taken place.
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Minamata disease is methylmercury poisoning that occurred in humans who ate fish and shellfish contaminated by mehg discharged in wastewater from a chemical plant. auditory disturbances and tremors were also seen. Further, the fetus was poisoned by MeHg when their mothers ingested contaminated marine life named minata. The symptoms were extremely deadly and vicious. It started making people worry about eating sea food and other types of life that live in the ocean.