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List Of Waste Disposal Incidents
This is a list of notable waste disposal incidents. {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! Incident ! Description ! Date ! Location , - , Aberfan disaster , coal waste spill , 1966 , United Kingdom , - , Acerinox accident , radioactive contamination , 1998 , Spain , - , Agriculture Street Landfill , , , United States , - , Ajka alumina plant accident , caustic waste spill , 2010 , Hungary , - , Atari video game burial , , 1983 , United States , - , Bajzë Rail Station , chemical contamination , 1991 , Albania , - , Buffalo Creek Flood , coal slurry impound spill , 1972 , United States , - , Corby toxic waste case , , , United Kingdom , - , 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump , , 2006 , Côte d'Ivoire , - , Cuyahoga River , , , United States , - , Friendly Floatees , flotsam , 1992 , Ocean , - , Goiânia accident , radioactive contamination , 1987 , Brazil , - , Hansa Carrier , flotsam , 1990 , Ocean , - , Khian Sea waste disp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aerial View Of Ash Slide Site Dec 23 2008 TVA
Aerial may refer to: Music * ''Aerial'' (album), by Kate Bush, and that album's title track * "Aerials" (song), from the album ''Toxicity'' by System of a Down Bands * Aerial (Canadian band) * Aerial (Scottish band) * Aerial (Swedish band) Recreation and sport *Aerial (dance move) * Aerial (skateboarding) * Front aerial, gymnastics move performed in acro dance * Aerial cartwheel * Aerial silk, a form of acrobatics * Aerial skiing Technology *Aerial (radio), a radio ''antenna'' or transducer that transmits or receives electromagnetic waves **Aerial (television), an over-the-air television reception antenna *Aerial photography Other uses *Aerial, Georgia, a community in the United States * ''Aerial'' (magazine), a poetry magazine * ''Aerials'' (film), a 2016 Emirati science-fiction film *''Aerial'', a TV ident for BBC Two from 1997 to 2001 See also * Arial * Ariel (other) * Airiel * Area (other) * Airborne (other) * Antenna (disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khian Sea Waste Disposal Incident
The ''Khian Sea'' waste disposal incident was an incident in maritime waste disposal. The Liberian cargo ship ''Khian Sea'' was loaded with 14,000 tons of ash from waste incinerators in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 1986. After searching futilely for a place to dump the waste, the ship eventually dumped 4,000 tons near Gonaïves, Haiti in January 1988, and the other 10,000 tons in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean in November 1988. Since then, there have been attempts to take the waste from Haiti to somewhere else. The case contributed to the creation of the Basel Convention about disposal of hazardous waste. Incident Loading On August 31, 1986, the cargo ship ''Khian Sea'', registered in Liberia, was loaded with more than 14,000 tons of ash from waste incinerators in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. First unloading The city had previously sent such waste to New Jersey, but that state refused to accept any more after 1984. The company handling the waste (Joseph Paolin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munisport
Munisport Landfill is a closed landfill located in North Miami, Florida adjacent to a low-income community, a regional campus of Florida International University, Oleta River State Park (a state recreational park), and estuarine Biscayne Bay. The Munisport landfill contains approximately of municipal waste and was in operation for seven years. Munisport was found to contain contaminants and a "small amount" of hospital biohazard waste was found on the site and drums of toxic chemicals during its operation. Audubon Society compiled a list of chemicals Munisport employees admitted had been buried in the dump. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials never detected dangerous levels of those in the landfill and concentrated their efforts on the mangrove preserve south of the site, where the chief concern was the seepage of ammonia, created naturally as organic debris decomposes. The 1992 Consent Decree between the City of North Miami and the United States redefined and shrank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobro 4000
The ''Mobro 4000'' was a barge owned by MOBRO Marine, Inc. made infamous in 1987 for hauling the same load of trash along the east coast of North America from New York City to Belize and back until a way was found to dispose of the garbage. During this journey, local press often referred to the ''Mobro 4000'' as the "Gar-barge". Voyage In 1987, the City of New York found that it had reached its landfill capacity. The city agreed to ship its garbage to Morehead City, North Carolina, where there were plans to convert it into methane. On 22 March 1987, the tugboat ''Break of Day'' towed the barge ''Mobro 4000'' and its cargo of over 3,100 tons (2,812 tonnes) of trash. Chartered by entrepreneur Lowell Harrelson and Long Island mob boss Salvatore Avellino, it set sail on March 22 from Islip, New York, escorted by the tugboat ''Break of Dawn'' and carrying 3,168 tons (2,874 tonnes) of trash headed for a pilot program in Morehead City, North Carolina, to be turned into methane. Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamata Disease
is a neurological disease caused by severe mercury poisoning. Signs and symptoms include ataxia, numbness in the hands and feet, general muscle weakness, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech. In extreme cases, insanity, paralysis, coma, and death follow within weeks of the onset of symptoms. A congenital form of the disease affects fetuses, causing microcephaly, extensive cerebral damage, and symptoms similar to those seen in cerebral palsy. Minamata disease was first discovered in the city of Minamata, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, in 1956. It was caused by the release of methylmercury in the industrial wastewater from a chemical factory owned by the Chisso Corporation, which continued from 1932 to 1968. It has also been suggested that some of the mercury sulfate in the wastewater was also metabolized to methylmercury by bacteria in the sediment. This highly toxic chemical bioaccumulated and biomagnified in shellfish and fish in Minamata Bay and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minamata Bay
Minamata Bay is a bay in the small factory town of Minamata on the west coast of Kyūshū island, located in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. The bay is part of the larger Shiranui Sea which is sandwiched between the coast of the Kyūshū mainland and the off-lying islands of Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures. The coastline is rugged, with many inlets and coves which act as the spawning grounds of fish and shellfish. A great variety of creatures live in this area. Minamata disease Minamata Bay was heavily polluted in the 1950s and 1960s by wastewater, mixed with mercury dumped into Hyakken Harbour from the Chisso Corporation's factory in Minamata, particularly by methylmercury. The highly toxic compound bioaccumulated in fish and shellfish in the bay which, when eaten by the people living around the bay, gave rise to Minamata disease. More than 10,000 people were affected. A memorial service was held at the Minamata Disease Municipal Museum on 1 May 2006 to mark 50 y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McFarland Incident
The McFarland incident () was an illegal toxic waste dumping that occurred on February 9, 2000 under the orders of Albert L. McFarland, an American civilian employed by the United States military in South Korea. An estimated 24 gallons of formaldehyde were disposed of into the Han River near Seoul by McFarland's mortuary assistant. Incident On February 9, 2000, Albert L. McFarland, a 58-year-old American civilian working as the deputy chief of a U.S. mortuary at the Yongsan Garrison in Seoul, ordered his assistant to dispose of 480 bottles into a drain leading to the Han River because they were collecting dust. The bottles contained a corpse preservative consisting of formaldehyde and methanol. McFarland's assistant, Mr. Kim, initially refused to carry out such a task, telling McFarland that "We cannot dump formaldehyde into the Han River because it is the main source of drinking water for Seoul and could cause cancer and birth defects". McFarland reportedly verbally abused K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayapuri
Mayapuri is an industrial locality in the West Delhi district of Delhi, India. It used to be a major hub of heavy metal and small-scale industries, but following government sanctions, most of the heavy metal industries moved out. The place is now a combination of light metal factories, scrap markets, and automobile service stations. In 2010, a major radiation accident took place in the scrap yards of Mayapuri. There are some famous landmarks in the area like the Food Corporation of India, Metal Forging and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. The area is connected with Delhi Metro by Mayapuri station. Mayapuri is also one of the major bus terminals for the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC). 2010 Mayapuri radiation accident In early April 2010, Mayapuri was affected by a serious radiological accident. An AECL Gammacell 220 research irradiator owned by Delhi University since 1968, but unused since 1985, was negligently sold at an auction to a scrap metal dealer in Mayapuri on 26 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin County Sludge Spill
The Martin County coal slurry spill was a mining accident that occurred after midnight on October 11, 2000, when the bottom of a coal slurry impoundment owned by Massey Energy in Martin County, Kentucky, broke into an abandoned underground mine below. The slurry came out of the mine openings, sending an estimated of slurry down two tributaries of the Tug Fork River. By morning, Wolf Creek was oozing with the black waste; on Coldwater Fork, a stream became a expanse of thick slurry. Event The spill, which contained arsenic and mercury, killed everything in the water. It was over five feet deep in places and covered nearby residents' yards. The spill polluted hundreds of miles () of the Big Sandy River and its tributaries and the Ohio River. The water supply for over 27,000 residents was contaminated, and all aquatic life in Coldwater Fork and Wolf Creek was killed. The spill was about 28 times larger than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. It was one of the worst environmental ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Māpua, New Zealand
Māpua is a small town in the South Island of New Zealand. It is to the west of Nelson, New Zealand, Nelson on New Zealand State Highway 60, State Highway 60 and on the coastline of Tasman Bay. With a thriving wharf and commercial area, Māpua has grown in popularity for visitors, with numbers swelling the region over the summer months. A large fair and market is held every Easter Sunday. Up to 10,000 people visit the town on this day to enjoy rides, stalls, and other attractions. The local schools and playcentre benefit from the fair, which is their primary fundraising activity. History Before 1930 Middens, tools and human bones found at Grossis Point and around the northern edges of the Waimea River (Tasman), Waimea inlet suggest small seasonal Māori people, Māori settlements were located here, with a major pā (fortified settlement) located on the Kina Cliffs to the north. The pā remained in use in the period of early European settlement of the Māpua district; the pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Canal
Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, United States, infamous as the location of a landfill that became the site of an environmental disaster discovered in 1977. Decades of dumping toxic chemicals killed residents and harmed the health of hundreds, often profoundly. The area was cleaned up over 21 years in a Superfund operation. In 1890, Love Canal was created as a model planned community, but was only partially developed. In 1894, work was begun on a canal that would have linked lakes Erie and Ontario, but it was abandoned after only was dug. In the 1920s, the canal became a dump site for municipal refuse for the city of Niagara Falls. During the 1940s, the canal was purchased by Hooker Chemical Company, which used the site to dump 19,800 metric tonnes of chemical byproducts from the manufacturing of dyes, perfumes, and solvents for rubber and synthetic resins. Love Canal was sold to the Niagara Falls City School District, local school district in 1953 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Karachay
Lake Karachay (), sometimes spelled Karachai or Karachaj, was a small lake in the southern Ural Mountains in central Russia. Starting in 1951, the Soviet Union used Karachay as a dumping site for radioactive waste from Mayak, the nearby nuclear waste storage and reprocessing facility, located near the town of Ozyorsk (then called Chelyabinsk-40). Today the lake is completely infilled, acting as "a near-surface permanent and dry nuclear waste storage facility." The radioactivity of the lake is comparable to the Chernobyl disaster, the worst nuclear accident of all time. Background The name '' karachay'' means "black water" or "black creek" in several Northwestern Turkic languages, including Tatar. Built in total secrecy between 1946 and 1948, the Mayak plant was the first reactor used to create plutonium for the Soviet atomic bomb project. In accordance with Stalinist procedure and supervised by NKVD Chief Lavrenti Beria, it was the utmost priority to produce enough weap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
