A collection on the avian influenza or bird flu epidemic, which hit Asia in January 2005, and then spread to Europe.
See Theme-based collectionOn 21 September 2001 in Toulouse, a massive explosion in the AZF fertiliser plant, part of the Total group, killed some 30 people and caused major damage throughout the city. This collection covers the disaster, the consequences and the legal proceedings it generated.
See Theme-based collectionIn the night of December 2-3, 1984, at Bhopal in India, some of the most dangerous gazes used in industrial chemicals leaked from a factory belonging to a subsidiary of the US multinational Union Carbide. The disaster caused nearly 30,000 deaths and over 300,000 people fell ill or were disabled and continue to live in deplorable conditions.
See Theme-based collectionOn April 26, 1986, a series of errors made by technicians at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine triggered the worst civilian nuclear accident ever. For days after the disaster, the wind blew a radioactive cloud over several hundred kilometres contaminating several European countries.
See Theme-based collectionIn July 1976, there was an explosion at the chemical factory belonging to ICMESA, a subsidiary of the Swiss group Hoffmann Laroche, at Seveso in Italy. Once the inhabitants of Seveso were evacuated, the site was decontaminated and the dioxin was transported via France to be destroyed.
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