top ten evoirnment disasters
At number one the three mile island nuclear reactor nearly melted down in 1976 In Harris Pennsilvania no one died fortunatly but it was still named one of americas biggest nuclear accidents. At number two Minamita disease which was a result of industrial poisoning of Minamata Bay by the Chisso Corporation before 1956. Because of wastewater pollution from plastic large amounts of mercury and other metals whent into the water where fish and shellfish that was part of the peoples diet. Thousands of people have suffered over many years and died from the disease. Three was the seveso dioxin cloud in July of 1976 an explosion a chemical plant released a cloud of dioxin that settled on the nearest town. Four the aral sea that is now a massive dessert. Five Tokaimura Nuclear plant where one worker was knocked unconscious and the others were nauseated,with their hands and faces were burned. Two died and hundreds were exposed to many levels of radiation. At six the Exxon Valdez an oil tanker ran aground on Bligh Reef in the pristine waters of Alaska. Seven was the love canal that sat atop 21,000 tons of toxic industrial waste that had been buried underground. Eight was the Kuwaiti oil fires. Nine was Bhopal where a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, resulted in 45 tons of poisonous methyl isocyanate that went lose from the facility where thousands died in minutes. And One was Chernobyl, which was the worst nuclear-power-plant disaster in history when the plant exploded sending a huge amount of radiation into the atmosphere.

These are a hporrible tragities and it seems as though they will never stop even when we want it to the most lets hope the world can at least recover from all the pollution where doing to it.



