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Historical Perspective on the Risk of Chemicals and Radiation

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1 Historical Perspective on the Risk of Chemicals and Radiation

2 1957: Walt Disney Book and TV Show

3 Eisenhower’s 1954 Speech to the UN

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8 1981: Near Buffalo, New York The Love Canal Disaster

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14 California Proposition 65 (1986)

15 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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18 Minamata, Japan

19 Methyl Mercury in Industrial wastewater From Chisso Corp. Discovered 1956 Continued until 1968

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22 Effects of “Minamata Disease”

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25 By 2001 2,265 victims 1,784 fatalities 10,000 received compensation Total about $86 million

26 Chernobyl, Ukraine 1986

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

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