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Sandoz chemical spill
The Sandoz chemical spill was a major environmental disaster caused by a fire and its subsequent extinguishing at Sandoz agrochemical storehouse in the Schweizerhalle industrial complex, Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland, on 1 November 1986, which released toxic agrochemicals into the air and resulted in tons of pollutants entering the Rhine river, turning it red.
The chemicals caused a massive mortality of wildlife downstream, killing among other things a large proportion of the European eel population in the Rhine, although the situation subsequently recovered within a couple of
water.
On December 16, 2014, the research team's completed paper regarding the residential tap water contamination in West Virginia was published in "Environmental Science & Technology". It identifies specific chemicals found in residential homes and quantifies the level of contamination experienced by affected residents.
See also.
- Major chemical spills affecting waterways:
- Ajka alumina plant accident
- 2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill
- Doñana disaster
- 2012 Guangxi cadmium spill
- Sandoz chemical spill
- Tianji Coal Chemistry Industry Group