7 Disasters That Scorched the Earth

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  @irongolem123 · 2 years ago

  I think the most shocking thing about the Love Canal disaster is that the big corporation actually didn't do anything wrong. They gave a full disclosure that the land they were selling was a toxic waste dump, and the school ignored it. Whenever an industrial disaster occurs, it's usually because of a negligent, greedy corporation.

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• KU

  @KurisuYamato · 2 years ago

  I'm a simple man. When I instantly recognize the thumbnail as the 99th street school at Love Canal during the later stages of remediation, I click the link and watch the video.

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  @FrittiTailchaser · 2 years ago

  "Oh there's OIL in that pristine area?! GIMMIE." - every oil company ever.

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  @TheEllington666 · 2 years ago

  The Texaco/Chevron one made me so angry. At the end of the day, it became so corrupt at the legal system, there was no hope. It’s not like Chevron can’t afford to clean up their mess that will now continue to affect multiple generations of indigenous peoples lives. And, of course, that very fact plays in at a major roll too, that it mostly affects indigenous people. So sad. I’m fuming.

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• GR

  @grmpEqweer · 2 years ago

  Note, the Hooker Chemical Company only sold the Love Canal site under threat by the school district of seizing it via eminent domain.

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• KI

  @kitcat2559 · 2 years ago

  Oil companies finding ways to get out of fines, lawsuits and cleaning up there messes is nothing new honestly, they do it even till this day

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• SI

  @simplynothing96 · 2 years ago

  I'm sorry, just over only THREE DOLLARS A BARREL??? For destroying so many lives??? Only three dollars???? What the actual fu-

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• JK

  @JK-dp3lp · 2 years ago

  The way I understand it, Hooker Chemical fought against selling that property, the city threatened Eminent Domain.

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• SU

  @summersys · 2 years ago (edited)

  The SL-1 nuclear power plant one must have been horrifying to walk into for the firefighters and other personnel. Limp bodies covered in blood, a guy not quite dead yet moaning out in pain but unable to say anything, radioactive air, a dead guy impaled in the ceiling probably dripping blood down, etc. nightmare fuel.

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• DJ

  @DjinnsHome · 2 years ago

  if i was corrupt, id want my trial to be held in the US too. if youre the devil in the US, you will be pardoned.

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  @z4nemusic · 2 years ago

  The Chevron one pisses me off so much

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• AN

  @AnimalsVehiclesAndMore · 2 years ago

  The Osbourne Tire Reef incident is a very interesting case. Everybody thought that dumping a whole bunch of tires into the ocean to form an artificial coral reef would restore the ocean and make it a thriving wildlife paradise. Instead, it did the exact opposite and caused a humongous environmental disaster that killed thousands of marine organisms. Basically, if you want to dump something in the water, make sure it's environmentally friendly first.

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