SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 22: Fraser Institute, Normal Accidents, Bioprospecting
25 Apr 2011
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Chapter 22: technology and t he global env iron ment. august 6, 1945: americans dropped atomic bomb on hiroshima, killing 200,000. technology also gave rise to many other disasters form 1970s-1980s: 1976: legionnaire"s disease outbreak disease-causing pathogen spread through air-conditioning systems and aerosol containers caused 34 deaths. 1977: dangerous toxic chemicals discovered leaking into basements and drinking water of residents of love canal, near niagara falls, new york www. notesolution. com. 1979: partial meltdown of reactor core at three mile island nuclear facility in. Pennsylvania caused lethal radioactive water and gas emission into the environment. 1984: gas leak at union carbide pesticide plant in bhopal india killed. 4000 people and injured 30,000 (1/3rd of which died later) 4 reactor at chernobyl ukraine released 30-40 times the radioactivity of hiroshima causing 10,000 deaths, mutations in humans and animals, and unusable crop land.
