GE4237 Environmental Pollution Blog
In my previous blog post, I covered how pesticides are incredibly dangerous not only to us but also to the environment. This post is a follow-up to the previous post, and I would be exploring…
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Brief Introduction On the 3rd December, 1984, the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal experienced a failure in the containment of its highly toxic chemical, Methyl Isocyanate (MIC). The cause of the pollution of 40 tons…
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Brief introduction On the 6th of July of 1988, an accumulated cocktail of bureaucratic failures, inadequate safety systems and poor workplace culture of prioritising profit over safety would destroy the Piper Alpha oil rig. Prior…
Continue Reading The Piper Alpha Oil Rig Disaster – How accidents make us safer
Brief introduction In 2010, the tailings dam at the Ajka alumina plant in Western Hungary was breached, releasing highly toxic elements into the environment. The red sludge would pose a threat to not just…
Continue Reading The Ajka Alumina Dam failure and why it matters