The plant, located in meda at 20 km north of milan lombardy, italy, is owned by an international chemical group that manufactures perfumes and pharmaceutical products. Mitsuo kobayashi graduate school of new frontier sciences, university of tokyo. Baccarelli a, giacomini sm, corbetta c, landi mt, bonzini m, et al. Programma svolto di italiano, storia e geografia classe iii a. They search the premises, then shoot the doctor in charge in the legs. The seveso studies on early and longterm effects of dioxin.
Serum dioxin levels in seveso, italy, population in 1976 article pdf available in teratogenesis carcinogenesis and mutagenesis 1745. Icmesa was a chemical industry of the swiss company givaudan from 1963 belonging to the multinational pharmaceutical company hoffmannla roche. Maintenance staff heard a whistling sound and a cloud of vapour was seen to issue from a vent on the roof. Tra queste segnaliamo le seguenti di cui hanno riferito anche organi di informazione in italia. Until 1976 industrie chimiche meda societa azionaria icmesa was located at the border with the town of desio. Power plant for the production of hexachlorophene hexachlorophene is a commonly used disinfectant a container containing one of the ingredients used to make hexachlorophene, trichlorophenol exploded it was released into the air as a toxic vapor this chemical is cancer causing it. Roche 1965 1978 archive pdf archive history timeline at the homepage of. Seveso disaster, italy 1976 by olivia hart on prezi. Explosion of chemical plant in seveso, italy july 10, 1976. We have updated the cancer incidence study which now covers the period 197796. They also show that it is difficult, if not impossible, to separate this issue from that of intragenerational equity. A unitary parliamentary republic with its capital in rome, the.
Neonatal thyroid function in seveso 25 years after maternal exposure to dioxin. July 10, 1976 seveso, italy mitsuo kobayashi graduate school of new frontier sciences, university of tokyo. In 1976, the extremely harmful effects of dioxin on human health were predicted largely on. The seveso, italy accident in 1976 caused the contamination of a large population by 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzopdioxin tcdd. Mortality in a population exposed to dioxin after the seveso, italy. Possible longterm effects have been examined through mortality and cancer incidence studies. Programma svolto di italiano, storia e geografia classe iii a scuola secondaria di i grado giovanni prati, ponte arche anno scolastico 20142015. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. The seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred around 12. Masamitsu tamura graduate school of new frontier sciences, university of tokyo at about 12. They also demonstrate that this issue is at the centre of considerations on development whether in the north or in the south. Seveso, cesano maderno, piccoli comuni popolosi della brianza a pochi chilometri da milano e dal confine svizzero sono stati colpiti dagli effetti della diossina il 10 luglio 1976. Seveso is a municipality located 20 km north of milan. But as we shall see, seveso is a paradoxical symbol, because human health effects of the disaster have been obscure and the process of recovery has been unusual.
Demonstration followed by proletarian expropriation in a store in corso italia. Seveso disaster 1976 leave a comment industrial by devastating the small chemical plant owned by hoffmannla roche subsidiary icmesa near meda, 15 km 10 mi north of milan, was not considered by the locals to pose any threat, perhaps because it had been operating for. Diossina, una parola entrata ormai nel linguaggio comune per significare distruzione, lager, paura. The industrial accident that occurred in the town of seveso, italy, in 1976. The tacchini building features an architecture structured into two storeys, a fusion of materials and spaces that blend into a complete whole, expressing its ethos and essence. Get a printable copy pdf file of the complete article 1. This paper describes, by means of a unique case study, i. As the italian parliamentary commission on the seveso disaster has documented. Ratti and giuseppe belli dipartimento di fisica nucleare e teorica delluniversita di pavia istituto nazionale di fisica nulceare sezione di pavia via a. The study population includes subjects resident at the time of the accident in three. In these respects seveso resembled bhopal 1984 and chernobyl 1986, which have both come to be regarded as international symbols of industrial pathology.
The seveso accident in 1976 caused a large, populated area north of milan, italy, to be contaminated by 2,3,7. Accident summary on the icmesa chemical company, seveso, italy. It resulted in the highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzopdioxin tcdd. The separation had produced two very similar populations. A dense white cloud, of considerable altitude drifted offsite. Cancer incidence in the population exposed to dioxin after. Pdf serum dioxin levels in seveso, italy, population in 1976.
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