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Historical Perspective on the Risk of Chemicals and Radiation

1957: Walt Disney Book and TV Show

Eisenhower’s 1954 Speech to the UN

1981: Near Buffalo, New York The Love Canal Disaster

California Proposition 65 (1986)

Pesticide Plant: Methyl Isocyanate Gas Leaks Bhopal, India, 1984 Pesticide Plant: Methyl Isocyanate Gas Leaks Over 4,000 People Die (up to 16,000?)

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And how about the historical management of risks? See video clip on Alkali Lake….