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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Documentation of symptoms resulting from exposure to toxic waste.
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Document
List
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Document
Letter
Container
Folder
Theme
Politics
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
A barrel of methylene chloride, also called dichloromethane, a volatile, colorless liquid with a chloroform-like odor. Methylene chloride is used in various industrial processes, in many different industries including paint stripping, pharmaceutical manufacturing, paint remover manufacturing, and metal cleaning and degreasing. The most common means of exposure to methylene chloride is inhalation and skin exposure. It is considered to be a potential occupational carcinogen.
Produced by Comochem International, the Italian division of Morton Thiokol company. The Morton Thiokol Chemical Company was an American corporation founded in 1929. It was concerned initially with rubber and related chemicals, and later with rocket and missile propulsion systems. We wonder if the Thiokol Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster that befell in January 28, 1986 – despite prior warnings from engineers – could be in one way or another related to this waste. For more information, please refer to: https://onlineethics.org/cases/ethical-decisions-morton-thiokol-and-space-shuttle-challenger-disaster-introduction.
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Container
Album
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Close-up of a barrel.
We couldn’t find more information around the sources, and whether they were related to the Italian toxic waste trade brought to Lebanon through a deal between the Italian mafia and Lebanese Forces. The image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Container
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
The lid of a barrel with two duct tapes running over it labeled "RORER ITALIANA S.p.A." with the logo of RORER. The latter focuses on the production of organic fine chemistry, pharmaceuticals, machines, and macromolecular chemistry and polymers. The last patent published by the company was on April 2, 1987. Read more on: https://goodip.io/iq/assignee/rorer-italiana-spa#patents.
This lid ended up on Lebanese territories due the toxic waste deal between the Italian Mafia and the Lebanese Forces. This image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
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Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Container
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Sub-envelope
Theme
Assault
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Self-portrait of Pierre Malychef in his pharmacy after he was attacked in 1995 on the streets of Bsalim in broad daylight by two militiamen.
Media Type
Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Content
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
An rusted, empty barrel of toxic waste.
We couldn’t find more information around the sources, and whether they were related to the Italian toxic waste trade brought to Lebanon through a deal between the Italian mafia and Lebanese Forces. The image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
Media Type
Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Content
Animal
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Animal
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Port
Ship
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
The ship Yvonne A docked at the fifth basin of the port of Beirut to be loaded with toxic waste barrels from the fake recuperation of Summer 1988. The ship, one out of four sent by the Italian embassy, was sunk before it reached Italy.
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Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Documentation of symptoms resulting from exposure to toxic waste.
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Containers of toxic waste barrels kept on an empty plot of land in Antelias, close to the highway and amidst residential and commercial buildings.
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Container
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Container of toxic waste at the port of Beirut.
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Chnaniir gravel and sand quarry, May 1995. The earth is contaminated due to the storing of toxic waste in the quarry years before, making the extracted material unsuitable for building.
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landfill
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
An empty can of "Lechler 04 380 Polydur Zinc Putty", a universal knifing polyester putty of medium grain with very high filling power. Suitable to fill big imperfections on normal steel sheets and zinc coated steel sheets of car bodies and industrial vehicles. Produced by Ponte Chiasso (Como), the Italian subsidiary of the German paint company, Lechler. Ponte Chiasso gained its independence from its parent company, Lechler, in 1910. This can ended up on Lebanese territories due the toxic waste deal between the Italian Mafia and the Lebanese Forces. This image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Blue gallons containing residual products from chemical industries as indicated by their label that also reads in Spanish "M.L.S.A. via Puerto Cabello", a town in Venezuela. We couldn’t find more information around the sources, and whether they were related to the Italian toxic waste trade brought to Lebanon through a deal between the Italian mafia and Lebanese Forces. The image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Blue gallon containing residual products from chemical industries as indicated by their label that also reads in Spanish "M.L.S.A. via Puerto Cabello", a town in Venezuela. We couldn’t find more information around the sources, and whether they were related to the Italian toxic waste trade brought to Lebanon through a deal between the Italian mafia and Lebanese Forces. The image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Two cans of paint and coating, produced by the Italian chemical company, Industrie Vernici Italiane ("Italian Paint Industry") stylized as I.V.I, that specialized in the production of paints. Starting 1983, I.V.I, then-majoritarily owned by Fiat, was gradually sold to the American multinational company, PPG Industries Inc. The selling of the entire shares was effectuated in 1992. Following a lawsuit filed by American environmental organizations, Penn Environment and Sierra Club, in 2012, PPG Industries, Inc. was found liable in 2018 for decades of pollutants discharge in the Allegheny River. Read more on: https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/usa-court-finds-paint-manufacturer-ppg-liable-for-pollution-posing-risk-to-health-environment-in-lawsuit-over-chemicals-spill/.
These cans ended up on Lebanese territories due the toxic waste deal between the Italian Mafia and the Lebanese Forces. The author of this image is unspecified.
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Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Waste
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Barrels containing toxic waste fall on the side of the road in Maameltein area while being transported to the port of Beirut, spilling their contents.
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Photograph
Content
Container
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Chnaniir gravel and sand quarry
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landfill
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Laboratory
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Laboratory
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Quarry
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Pierre Malychef examining a toxic waste barrel that is half-buried in the ground.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
According to the label, this barrel contained diphenylmethane-4,4'-diisocyanate (MDI), a light yellow-colored solid. It is not soluble in water. It may be toxic by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption; acute (short-term) inhalation of high concentrations of MDI may cause sensitization and asthma in humans. If in a solution it may or may not burn depending on the nature of the material and/or the solvent. It is used to produce polyurethane foams.
The next picture (probably of the front label) indicates that the content of the barrel is related to polyurethanes, produced by the British chemical company, Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI). The barrel may be related to the toxic waste deal between the Italian mafia and the Lebanese Forces through its Italian division, Atlas Europol s.p.A. From 1982 till 1987, the chairman of the company was Sir John Harvey-Jones, a British naval commander during World War II and a naval intelligence specialist post-World War II, whose approach to the chemical business was focused on speed, more power into fewer hands, and high profit.
The barrel is rusted and has seashells growing on it, signs that it was submerged in seawater for a certain period of time.
The image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Close-up of a barrel with a sheet of paper taped to it on which it is handwritten in Italian "SACCHI SPORCHI Di ALLUMINIO - MAGNESIO" ("Dirty aluminum - magnesium bags"). The duct tape that is securing the sheet of paper on the barrel is labeled "RORER ITALIANA S.p.A." with the logo of RORER. The latter focuses on the production of organic fine chemistry, pharmaceuticals, machines, and macromolecular chemistry and polymers. The last patent published by the company was on April 2, 1987. Read more on: https://goodip.io/iq/assignee/rorer-italiana-spa#patents.
This lid ended up on Lebanese territories due the toxic waste deal between the Italian Mafia and the Lebanese Forces. This image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s.
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Inspection of containers containing barrels of toxic waste, kept in a parking lot near the highway in Antelias amidst residential and commercial buildings.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Documentation of symptoms resulting from exposure to toxic waste.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Boat
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Containers of toxic waste barrels kept on an empty plot of land in Antelias, close to the highway and amidst residential and commercial buildings.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Toxic waste barrels in the port of Beirut.
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Containers of toxic waste barrels kept on an empty plot of land in Antelias, close to the highway and amidst residential and commercial buildings.
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Field Research
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Pierre Malychef
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Toxic Waste
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Residential
Toxic Waste
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Toxic Waste
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Toxic Waste
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Barrel
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Toxic Waste
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Barrel
Port
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Toxic Waste
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Conference
Toxic Waste
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Animal
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Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Photograph
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Barrel
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Album
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Toxic Waste
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Pierre Malychef
Image taken by Pierre Malychef of a group of barrels from the ca. 15,800 barrels carrying the toxic waste trade. Some of the worn barrels contained Dicofol, a highly toxic pesticide whose production and use are banned internationally under the Stockholm Convention. Dicofol is a nerve poison that can also lead to skin and eye toxic reactions in humans and endamage the fertility of several birds, reptiles, aquatic invertebrates and algae. Since Dicofol can be stored in fatty tissues, intense activity or starvation may re-catalyze the chemical, resulting in the reappearance of toxic symptoms long after actual exposure.
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Barrel
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Toxic Waste
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Album
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Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Barrel
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Toxic Waste
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Barrel
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Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Inspection of toxic waste barrel.
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Barrel
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Ship
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Toxic Waste
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Highway
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Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Barrel
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Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
A barrel of what appears to be like polyester resin, produced in Italy by SIRIC, a company whose main activity was the production of unsaturated polyester resins, about 12,000 tons per year, used for fiberglass boats, fiberglass products and artificial marble. The factory has been closed since the 1980s, but investigations and reclamation continued due to the spilling of dangerous materials into the ground and the subsequent discovery of underground deposit of poisonous waste on February 14, 1992. This barrel ended up on Lebanese territories due the toxic waste deal between the Italian Mafia and the Lebanese Forces. This image was taken by Pierre Malychef in the late 1980s. Read more on: https://www.giornaletrentino.it/cronaca/trento/bonifica-siric-si-sgomberano-i-terreni-1.979797.
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Envelope
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Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
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Barrel
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Envelope
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Field Research
Toxic Waste