Seveso disaster

industrial accident

Research

42 papers

[Disaster of Seveso].Bruxelles medical · 1978
The Seveso accident: A look at 40 years of health research and beyond.Environment international · 2018
Confronting Europe's toxics trade from below: the contested global legacy of the 1976 Seveso disaster.European review of history = Revue europeene d'histoire · 2025
Séveso: no answers yet.Disasters · 1978
TETRACHLORODIBENZO-p-DIOXIN RELEASE AT SÉVESO.Disasters · 1977

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A Carabiniere in a biohazard suit installs signs warning of the presence of toxic chemicals The Seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred around 12:37 PM on 10 July 1976, in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy. It resulted in the highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) in residential populations, which gave rise to numerous scientific studies and standardized industrial safety regulations, including the European Union's Seveso III Directive. This accident was ranked eighth in a list of the worst man-made environmental disasters by Time magazine in 2010.

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