I see that you are still busy on your quest to help save the planet and it's inhabitants. Our world is so full of danger that it is a wonder that we have survived this long. there is another threat to our survival too that isn't included on your list. That is the governmet and Big Business. Perhaps the greatest of all threats to our survival is the willingness and ability of our government and big business to lie to us about the dangerous poisons that are being pumped into our enviroment and our bodies for the sake of profit.
As soon as I read your post, my memory flashed back to an incident that happened back in the 80's that I studied quite in depth. I just thought I would help you emphacise the dangers posed by some of these poisons by posting a bit about the worst case of Big Business and Government fraud, coruption and coverup that I have ever know of. A case where corporate greed led to possibly the most horrendous disaster in history. Here is an article about this tragedy involving Union Carbide, a huge US company and untold numbers of lives lost and destroyed as the result of corporate greed and the total disregard for human life. TRhe link to the rest of the story is at the bottom of my post.
Be sure to click on the sublinks as you read this report. You will not believe just how little most of us actually know about the dangers we face on a daily basis.
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Time cover about Bhopal disaster.
The Bhopal Disaster took place in the early hours of the morning of December 3, 1984, in the heart of the city of Bhopal, India, in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It was caused by the accidental release of 40 tonnes of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from a Union Carbide India, Limited pesticide plant owned by Union Carbide.
The BBC gives the death toll as nearly 3,000 people dead initially, and at least 15,000 from related illnesses since,[1], while Greenpeace cites 20,000 total deaths as its conservative estimate.[2]. Bhopal is frequently cited as the world's worst industrial disaster. [3] [4] [5] It is the subject of controversy to this day.
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In the morning hours of December 3, 1984, a holding tank with 43 tonnes of stored MIC overheated and released toxic heavier-than-air MIC gas mixture, which rolled along the ground through the surrounding streets. The transportation system in the city collapsed and many people were trampled trying to escape.
According to the Bhopal Medical Appeal, around 500,000 people were exposed to the leaking chemicals. Approximately 20,000, to this date, are believed to have died as a result; on average, roughly one person dies every day from the effects. Over 120,000 continue to suffer from the effects of the disaster, such as breathing difficulties, cancer, serious birth-defects, blindness, gynaecological complications and other related problems[3]. It is believed that 50,000 people are unable to work because of their debilitating ailments[4].
Union Carbide, on their Bhopal Information Center website, maintain that “approximately 3,800 died”, while 40 people have permanent disabilities and 2,800 have “partial disabilities”[5]. The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal, however, claim that these figures are derived from an affidavit submitted to the Indian Supreme Court on 12th July 1990. This affidavit was apparently based on only roughly 15% of medical evaluations; the Indian Supreme Court would hear, in 1991, that 495,000 people had been classified as injured (22,000 permanently disabled, 3,000 seriously, and another 8,500 temporarily disabled). Even today, according to the campaign, evaluation continues: 15,000 death claims and more than 560,000 injury claims have so far been granted[6].
The campaign also suggest that “official figures only tell part of the story”, as many injury and death claims have been “denied arbitrarily”. It is also difficult to demarcate which deaths can be attributed to the incident directly. The Indian Council for Medical Research reported that, in 1988 alone, approximately 2,500 extra deaths had occurred in places affected by the disaster. In 1997, according to the Madhya Pradesh Department of Gas Relief and Rehabilitation, an extra 665 deaths occurred in the same areas[6].
The majority of deaths and serious injuries were related to pulmonary edema, but the gas caused a wide variety of other ailments. Signs and symptoms of methyl isocyanate exposure normally include cough, dyspnea, chest pain, lacrimation, eyelid edema, and unconsciousness. These effects might progress over the next 24 to 72 hours to include acute lung injury, cardiac arrest, and death. Because of the hypothesized reactions that took place within the storage tank and in the surrounding atmosphere, it is thought that apart from MIC, phosgene, and hydrogen cyanide along with other poisonous gases all played a significant role in this disaster.
Information on the exact chemical mixture was never provided by the company, but blood and viscera of some victims showed cherry-red color characteristic in acute cyanide poisoning. A series of studies made five years later showed that many of the survivors were still suffering from one or several of the following ailments: partial or complete blindness, persistent respitory problems, gastrointestinal disorders, impaired immune systems, post traumatic stress disorders, and menstrual problems in women. A rise in spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, and offspring with genetic defects was also noted. In addition, a BBC investigation conducted in November 2004 confirmed that contamination is present in drinking water, as well as in the abandoned chemical factory site and the former chemical dumping grounds of the factory.
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