This Borrowed Earth. Lessons from the 15 Worst Environmental Disasters around the World
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Author(s): R. E. Hernan
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780230619838
Format: softback
235pp
Price: £13.99
Review Date: 21 February 2010
Review: Here Robert Hernan reminds us of disasters of the not-too-distant past. By remembering how these disasters happened and their horrible consequences, we may be able learn lessons from them and avert future disasters. The events described are: Minamata, Japan (1950s); London, England (1952); Windscale, England (1957); Svesco, Italy (1976); Love Canal, NY (1978); Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania (1979); Times Beach, Missouri (1982); Bhopal, India (1984); Chernobyl, Ukraine (1986); Rhine River, Switzerland (1986); Prince William Sound, Alaska (1989); Oil spills and fires of Kuwait (1991); Dassen and Robben Islands, S. Africa (2000); Brazilian rain forest; and Global climate change.