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Photograph
Container
Album
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image taken by Dr. Pierre Malychef documenting the 1989 Dora Port Explosion and its aftermaths on March 30th 1989. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Atmospheric
Atmospheric Pollution
Damage
Ecology
Energy
Explosion
Military
War
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image taken by Dr. Pierre Malychef documenting the 1989 Dora Port Explosion and its aftermaths on March 30th 1989. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
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Photograph
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Barrel
Container
Album
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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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Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Residential
Resort
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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
Quarry
Container
Envelope
Sub-envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
Land reclamation project in Dbayeh under development. Currently known as Waterfront City Dbayeh.
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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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Content
Beach
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image taken by Dr. Pierre Malychef documenting the 1989 Dora Port Explosion and its aftermaths on March 30th 1989. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Construction Site
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
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.
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Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Electric Pole
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Public Works
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
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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.
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Containers and barrels containing toxic waste being kept at the port of Beirut, awaiting to be transported back to Italy.
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Photograph
Container
Album
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image taken by Dr. Pierre Malychef documenting the 1989 Dora Port Explosion and its aftermaths on March 30th 1989. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
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Photograph
Content
Church
Highway
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Blue barrel from the Italian toxic waste trade, belonging to 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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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
Land reclamation project in Dbayeh under development. Currently known as Waterfront City Dbayeh.
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Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cistern
explosion
Port
Sea
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Atmospheric
Atmospheric Pollution
Damage
Discharge
Ecology
Energy
Environment
Military
Pollution
Toxic
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image from the same roll of film taken and developed by Dr. Pierre Malychef showing molten oil tanks after they exploded on March 30th 1989 at the Dora Port. Smoke is still fuming and a murky water fills the ashen ground of the port. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
Land reclamation project in Dbayeh under development. Currently known as Waterfront City Dbayeh.
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image taken by Dr. Pierre Malychef documenting the 1989 Dora Port Explosion and its aftermaths on March 30th 1989. Birds seem to be flying in panic. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Container
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
People fishing on the coast of Zouk Mosbeh, near the Zouk Thermal Power Plant.
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Content
Highway
Powerplant
Residential
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
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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.
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Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Content
Animal
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
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.
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Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
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
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
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.