Chemical Monsters!

As society continues to make advancements in chemical developments, it appears that our environment is at major risk. History has shown that men are creating large problem for the environment and the creatures that live in it(including us humans). Today I want to review my top 3 worst man-created disasters in history.

GOLF WAR OIL SPILL
In the midst of war damage was brought upon the environment and its wildlife.

•  January 23rd, 1991
• Iraq invasion of Kuwait 
• Iraqi Soldiers split oil clouds into the Persian Gulf 
• 600+ oil wells blew up and burned for 7 months
• Large effect on wildlife and ecological balance
• 6 million barrels of oil spilled

BHOPAL (MADHYA PRADESH) TRAGEDY
This tragedy is know as he world's worst industrial chemical disaster.

• Pesticide (methyl isocyanate (MIC)) plant leak due to overheating
• Plant built by Union Carbide Cooperation
• Release of heavy gases and other poisonous toxins
• 20,000+ deaths including permanent disabilities and illness
• Symptoms included blindness, kidney failure and liver damage
• Union Carbide, paid 470 million dollars to India government in 1989

 WORLD WARD II (HIROSHIMA/NAGASAKI)
Though one of the most triumphant moments for the United States, the bombing of Hiroshima was one of the worst moments in history for both mankind and the environment.

• Atomic bomb dropped
• August 6, 1945 on Hiroshima, Japan
• First 2-4 months of the bombings effects killed 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima
• August 9, 1945 on Nagasaki, Japan
• First 2-4 months of the bombings effects killed 60,000–80,000 in Nagasaki
•  Roughly 50% of the deaths in each city occurred on the first day