GEOG 3EC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Givaudan, Bioaccumulation, Basel Convention
8 Mar 2018
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July 20: publicly admits the release to tcdd: this led the media to evacuate the residents and restricted access. Slide 7: seveso under qurantine: zone a: restricted access, only teams of scientists with protected gear were sent in testing the impacts of animals. January 30, 2018: first wave of slaughtering farm animals, military controlling; with rifles and protected gear, no consumption of locally grown food, non of these crops were eaten. Slide 8: evacuations and restrictions, 1976: by july 29: zone a evacuated and sealed, august 2: zone b defined, august 14: zone r defined, restrictions on, activities, no schools, no commerce, etc, agriculture, etc. Italian government made abortion legal for this reason; 26 abortions: pregnant women continued with the pregnancy, 460 babies born with no abnormalities, only problem was the chloracne (aka the skin rashes/hurtful chemical burns) Icmesa plant: dismantled: men with the protected suit, packed everything in drums for later disposal, nothing in the area was built.
