Category: Environmental Incidents and Case Studies

Amoco Cadiz oil spill

Amoco Cadiz oil spill — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Aral Sea environmental disaster

Aral Sea environmental disaster — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Beijing air pollution episodes

Beijing air pollution episodes — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Bhopal gas tragedy

Bhopal gas tragedy — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Biodegradable plastics environment

Biodegradable plastics environment — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Chernobyl nuclear accident

Chernobyl nuclear accident — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Dead Zone Gulf of Mexico

Dead Zone Gulf of Mexico — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Deepwater Horizon oil spill — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Donora smog 1948

Donora smog 1948 — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Exxon Valdez oil spill

Exxon Valdez oil spill — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Flint water crisis lead

Flint water crisis lead — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster

Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Gold King Mine spill 2015

Gold King Mine spill 2015 — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Graniteville chlorine train derailment

Graniteville chlorine train derailment — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch microplastics

Great Pacific Garbage Patch microplastics — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Harrisburg nuclear Three Mile Island

Harrisburg nuclear Three Mile Island — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Hinkley chromium contamination

Hinkley chromium contamination — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Itai-itai disease cadmium

Itai-itai disease cadmium — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Lake Erie eutrophication

Lake Erie eutrophication — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

London smog 1952

London smog 1952 — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Los Angeles photochemical smog

Los Angeles photochemical smog — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Love Canal toxic waste

Love Canal toxic waste — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Microplastics food chain

Microplastics food chain — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Microplastics in drinking water

Microplastics in drinking water — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Microplastics in freshwater

Microplastics in freshwater — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Microplastics in oceans

Microplastics in oceans — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Microplastics in soil

Microplastics in soil — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Minamata disease mercury

Minamata disease mercury — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Minot chlorine spill

Minot chlorine spill — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Nanoplastics environmental

Nanoplastics environmental — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Plastic debris beach

Plastic debris beach — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Plastic pollution marine

Plastic pollution marine — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Plastic recycling environmental

Plastic recycling environmental — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Prestige oil spill

Prestige oil spill — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Salton Sea environmental issues

Salton Sea environmental issues — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Sandoz chemical spill Basel

Sandoz chemical spill Basel — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Seveso dioxin disaster

Seveso dioxin disaster — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Times Beach dioxin evacuation

Times Beach dioxin evacuation — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Torrey Canyon oil spill

Torrey Canyon oil spill — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Walkerton water tragedy

Walkerton water tragedy — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Woburn Massachusetts water contamination

Woburn Massachusetts water contamination — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.

Yangtze River chemical spill

Yangtze River chemical spill — environmental chemistry reference covering sources, health effects, environmental fate, monitoring, and regulatory standards.