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Chemical
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Tylenol Murders
The Tylenol murders of 1982 were a series of poisoning deaths in the Chicago area. Seven people died after taking Extra ...
Thalidomide
Thalidomide was marketed from 1957 as a sedative and was widely used by pregnant women for morning sickness. It was sold...
Radium Girls
The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self lumi...
Minamata Disease
Minamata disease is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning, first identified in 1956 in Minamata, Ja...
Bhopal Disaster
The Bhopal disaster of December 3, 1984, was the worst industrial chemical accident in history. Approximately 40 tonnes ...
Flint Water Crisis
The Flint water crisis began in April 2014 when the city of Flint, Michigan, switched its water source from Lake Huron t...
Love Canal
Love Canal was a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, built on top of a toxic waste dump containing 21,000 tons of t...