Exxon
Valdez Oil Spill |
1989 |
|
|
Bligh
Reef |
Alaska |
Chemicals |
Sunk
on Reef |
Yes |
89 |
Carbon
Monoxide Fumes:10dead |
1991 |
November |
7th |
Chicago |
America |
Chemicals |
Fumes/Furnace |
No |
Cardex |
Russian
Burning Oil Slick |
1994 |
October |
|
|
Arctic |
Chemicals |
Leak
from pipe |
No |
Cardex |
Volcanic
Crater Lake:1700dd Inj 845 |
1986 |
August |
21st |
Lake
Nyos |
Cameroon |
Chemicals |
Leak
of gas |
Yes |
79 |
Freighter
Mont Blanc:4,000dead |
1917 |
December |
7th |
Halifax,
Nova Scotia |
Canada |
Chemicals |
Hit
Ship Explode |
Yes |
69 |
Saint-Basile-le-Grand |
1988 |
August |
23rd |
Quebec |
Canada |
Chemicals |
Fire |
Yes |
88 |
Hagersville |
1990 |
February |
12th |
Ontario |
Canada |
Chemicals |
Fire |
Yes |
91 |
Chemical
Factory.16Dead |
1988 |
November |
(late) |
North
China |
China |
Chemicals |
Gas
fumes |
No |
Cardex |
Flixborough:
29 dead |
1974 |
June |
1st |
Nr.
Scunthorpe |
England |
Chemicals |
Leak/Explosion |
Yes |
70 |
Arsine
Toxicity |
1974 |
November |
|
The
sea off Cornwall |
England |
Chemicals |
Leakage |
Yes |
71 |
Barking
Chemical Incident |
1980 |
January |
21st |
River
Road, Barking |
England |
Chemicals |
Fire/explosion |
Yes |
74 |
Tanker
spillage |
1987 |
January |
15th. |
Southampton |
England |
Chemicals |
Spillage |
Yes |
76 |
East
London School |
1987 |
March |
2nd |
Chingford,
London |
England |
Chemicals |
CS
Gas released |
Yes |
80 |
Petrol
Tanker Spillage |
1988 |
April |
11th |
Walton
on Thames |
England |
Chemicals |
Overturned |
Yes |
83 |
Asbestos
Dust Cloud |
1988 |
April |
25th |
DonningtonArmyDepot |
England |
Chemicals |
Fire
in Depot |
Yes |
84 |
British
Drug Houses |
1988 |
June |
21st |
Poole,
Dorset |
England |
Chemicals |
Explosion |
Yes |
85 |
Aviation
Fuel Pollution |
1988 |
July |
|
Grampian |
England |
Chemicals |
Fuel
emptied |
Yes |
86 |
Hydrobromic
Acid |
1990 |
|
|
M1
Motorway |
England |
Chemicals |
Collision |
No |
Cardex |
Ethyldichlorosilane
spill |
1990 |
June |
27th |
A4-North
London |
England |
Chemicals |
Lorry
spill |
Yes |
92 |
Tanker
spillage |
1990 |
August |
|
A41
Bicester Rd, Bucks |
England |
Chemicals |
Overturned |
Yes |
93 |
Albright
& Wilson |
1990 |
August |
4th |
Portishead,
Bristol |
England |
Chemicals |
Fire
in factory |
Yes |
94 |
2
Tankers from RoRo Ferry |
1991 |
May |
|
Kelling,
Norfolk |
England |
Chemicals |
Overboard |
Yes |
96 |
Allied
Colloids: Injured: 42 |
1992 |
July |
|
Bradford,W.Yorkshire |
England |
Chemicals |
Explosion |
Yes |
97 |
Hickson
& Welch factory:5dd Inj:150 |
1992 |
September |
21st |
Castleford,
W.Yorkshire |
England |
Chemicals |
Explosion |
Yes |
98 |
Toxic
Chemicals: Injured: 45 |
1994 |
June |
|
Gatwick
Airport |
England |
Chemicals |
Spillage |
No |
Cardex |
Worcester
Water Dept |
1994 |
April |
15th. |
Severn
Trent Water Dept |
England |
Chemicals |
Solvent |
Yes |
102 |
Rhone-Poulenc
Rorer |
1995 |
October |
29th |
Dagenham,
Essex |
England |
Chemicals |
Leakage |
Yes |
Binder101 |
Petrol
Tanker(Loaded):5dead Inj:34 |
1987 |
July |
7th |
Herborn |
Germany |
Chemicals |
Crashed |
Yes |
82 |
Bootleg
Liquor Contaminated |
1976 |
July |
(early) |
Madras |
India |
Chemicals |
Methyl
Alcohol |
No |
Cardex |
Union
Carbide Factory:6-8000 dead |
1984 |
December |
3rd |
Bhopal |
India |
Chemicals |
Leaking
tank |
Yes |
77 |
Herbal
Tonic Methyl Alcohol:200+d |
1991 |
November |
|
Hindu
Festival New Delhi |
India |
Chemicals |
Poisoned |
No |
Cardex |
Copper
factory fumes |
1997 |
July |
7th |
Tamil
Nadu |
India |
Chemicals |
Unidentified
Gas |
No |
Cardex |
Icmesa
Chemical Plant |
1976 |
July |
|
Seveso |
Italy |
Chemicals |
Plate
ruptured |
Yes |
72 |
Farmoplant
Gas Cloud: 15 injured |
1988 |
July |
21st |
Massa,
Nr. Pisa |
Italy |
Chemicals |
Explosion |
Yes |
87 |
Flour
contaminated |
1976 |
January |
|
|
Jamaica |
Chemicals |
Parathion |
No |
Cardex |
Nerve
Gas Sarin:12dead Inj:5000 |
1995 |
March |
20th |
On
a subway, Toyko |
Japan |
Chemicals |
Gas
attack |
Yes |
100 |
Dora
Refinery Gas Cloud:Inj:100 |
1989 |
|
|
East
Beirut |
Lebanon |
Chemicals |
Explosions |
No |
Cardex |
Deadly
Liquor: 50+ dead |
1991 |
January |
|
Monrovia |
Liberia |
Chemicals |
Poisoned |
No |
Cardex |
Liquified
gas explosion:550 dead |
1984 |
November |
19th |
San
Juanico |
Mexico |
Chemicals |
Explosion |
Yes |
75 |
Cough
Syrup kills 109 |
1990 |
September |
|
|
Nigeria |
Chemicals |
Contamination |
No |
Cardex |
Grangemouth
Refinery |
1987 |
March |
22nd |
Grangemouth,
Falkirk |
Scotland |
Chemicals |
Explosion |
Yes |
81 |
Tanker
Braer |
1993 |
January |
5th |
Shetlands |
Scotland |
Chemicals |
Broke
up |
Yes |
99 |
Gas
Tanker exploded:180d Inj:600 |
1978 |
July |
11th |
Campsite,Costa
Brava |
Spain |
Chemicals |
Tanker
hit campsite |
Yes |
73 |
Sorgham
Seeds(Famine): 28 dead |
1991 |
March |
|
Northern
Sudan |
Sudan |
Chemicals |
Eaten
In Famine |
No |
Cardex |
Gas
Tanker Explosion: 54 dead |
1990 |
September |
24th |
Bangkok |
Thailand |
Chemicals |
Crash/Fire |
Yes |
95 |
Death
from Anthrax: 300 dd approx |
1979 |
April |
|
Warfare
plant Novosibirsk |
USSR |
Chemicals |
Accident |
No |
Cardex |
Russian
Gas Pipeline:400dd Inj:762 |
1989 |
June |
3rd |
Nizhnevartovsk-Ufa |
USSR |
Chemicals |
Ignited |
Yes |
90 |