DoomsdaysCW<p>20 of the biggest environmental disasters in history</p><p>By Stacker, Published March 28, 2023</p><p>1. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Honkeiko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Honkeiko</span></a> colliery mining disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, 1942)</p><p>2. Great Smog of London (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a>, 1952)</p><p>3. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrassyNarrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GrassyNarrows</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mercury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mercury</span></a> contamination (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a>, 1960s)</p><p>4. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThreeMileIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ThreeMileIsland</span></a> accident (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pennsylvania</span></a>, 1979)</p><p>5. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bhopal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bhopal</span></a> disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, 1984)</p><p>6. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Chernobyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chernobyl</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a>, 1986)</p><p>7. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Exxon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exxon</span></a> Valdez oil spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alaska</span></a>, 1989)</p><p>8. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Phillips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Phillips</span></a> disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a>, 1989)<br> <br>9. Ufa train disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SovietUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SovietUnion</span></a>, 1989)</p><p>10. Cantara Loop derailment (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>, 1991)</p><p>11. Nambija mine disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a>, 1993)</p><p>12. Baia Mare <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cyanide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyanide</span></a> spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>, 2000)</p><p>13. Martin County coal slurry spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a>, 2000)</p><p>14. Toulouse chemical factory explosion (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a>, 2001)</p><p>15. Ivory Coast toxic waste dump (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a>, 2006)</p><p>16. Kingston coal ash spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tennessee</span></a>, 2008)</p><p>17. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeepwaterHorizon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepwaterHorizon</span></a> oil spill (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Louisiana</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GulfOfMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GulfOfMexico</span></a>, 2010)</p><p>18. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a>, 2011)</p><p>19. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Guangxi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guangxi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cadmium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cadmium</span></a> spill (China, 2012)</p><p>20. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mariana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mariana</span></a> dam disaster (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a>, 2015)</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/20-of-the-biggest-environmental-disasters-in-history/article" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">digitaljournal.com/tech-scienc</span><span class="invisible">e/20-of-the-biggest-environmental-disasters-in-history/article</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalDisasters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalDisasters</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Toxic</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a></p>