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The Minamata disaster in 1932 was a severe case of mercury poisoning in Minamata, Japan. It was caused by the Chisso corporation’s discharge of methylmercury-contaminated wastewater it ended up accumulating in the local fish as well as shellfish and as a result poisoned the residents who ate the fish. Which resulted in symptoms like tremors, vision loss, and death. -
The love canal Accident happened in Niagara Falls, New York after a chemical company named “hooker chemical” had dumped over 21,000 tons of toxic waste in a halfway done canal and later sold it to a local school board which built homes and school on top of the toxic waste and resulted in miscarriages, birth defects and various cancers. -
The Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was a book that highlighted how chemicals like DDT traveled through the food chain and caused genetic damage and even cancer because of this it would disrupt multiple ecosystems. After the story was published it sparked the environmental movement by revealing what chemicals like DDT do to the environment. -
during the 1986 test a faulty design caused by human error ended up causing the explosion and meltdown at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine the disaster ended up releasing a radioactive material across Europe which led to evacuation, immediate death and even long-term health issues -
It was the first global summit focused on environmental issues and resulted in the creation of the UNEP as well as the adoption of the Stockholm Declaration and Action plan. It now serves as the model for UN environmental conferences as well as inspired other agreements like the word heritage convention. -
The Endangered species act of 1973 was a law passed by the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service that protected and helped in recovery of threatened and endangered plants and animal species and the ecosystems they lived in. Because of this law being passed over 99% of species that were listed under the act are still alive today. -
It was an international treaty in 1997 under the UNFCCC that committed an developed countries to legally reduce greenhouse gasses or otherwise known as (GHC) that reduced targets for the period 2008-2012. -
The Bhopal disaster of 1984 is considered the World’s worst industrial accident. It took place on the night of December 3, caused by water entering the MIC storage tank, a highly toxic methyl Isocyanate (MIC) gas from a pesticide plant which was owned and being operated on by the Union Carbide India. The gas was exposed to 500,000 people and caused widespread injuries and even deaths. -
It is an international treat that was signed in 1987 to fix the out zone depleting substances (ODS) like CFS which had damaged the stratosphere ozone layer that protects the harmful UV radiation -
It shows the former U.S vice president Al Gore multimedia lecture on global warming that aimed to raise the public’s awareness about climate change.