Environmental disasters

It resulted in the Clean Air Act, which fostered the development of the environmental movement of that country

• The Great Smog of London

• Donora Smog

• Minamata disease

• Fukushima Daiichi

Air pollutants were trapped close to the ground due to thermal inversion, where they were inhaled by local residents.

• Donora Smog

• The Great Smog of London

• Bhopal disaster

• Minamata disease

Triple disaster, chain reaction consisting of: major earthquake, subsequent tsunami and as a consequence of human failure, a nuclear accident.

• Fukushima Daiichi

• Bhopal disaster

• Chernobyl disaster

• Gulf of Mexico oil spill

After this disastar, the responsible company agreed to pay more than $20 billion in penalties and damages with around $13 billion for restoration and research .

• Gulf of Mexico oil spill

• Fukushima Daiichi

• Bhopal disaster

• Cgernobyl disaster

Explosion of a pesticide-producing factory that released toxic gases into the atmosphere.

• Bhopal disaster

• Chernobyl disaster

• The Great Smog of London

• Donora Smog

One of the long-lasting effects of this disaster: harmful radioactive radiation that increases the rate of DNA mutations, and therefore, cancer. Therefore, this region remains uninhabited until now.

• Chernobyl disaster

• Gulf of Mexico oil spill

• Minamata disease

• Donora Smog

Toxic pollutants were thrown to the sea by a chemical plant, polluting it. Humans got contaminated through fishing, experiencing brain damage and physical convulsions

• Minamata disease

• Fukushima Daiichi

• Gulf of Mexico oil spill

• Bhopal disaster

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Among the following disasters, what happened first?

• Donora Smog

• MInamata disease

• Bhopal disaster

• Fukushima Daiichi

Which one is the most recent among the following disasters?

• Fukushima Daiichi

• The Great Smog of London

• Chernobyl disaster

• Donora Smog