Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
A can of knifing polyester putty (as the label indicates in Italian), 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
Image
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Inspection of toxic waste barrel.
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Photograph
Content
Beach
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Toxic waste barrels in the port of Beirut.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
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.
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.
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Black smoke rising from the Zouk Thermal Power Plant.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Environment
Field Research
Militia
Portrait
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Power Station
Residential
Vehicle
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
Media Type
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.
Media Type
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
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
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Note(s)
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
Powerplant
Resort
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
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/
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
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
A symbol of "Harmful stow away from foodstuffs" on an orange 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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Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Railway
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Laboratory
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Wilson Rizk testing samples of toxic waste in the lab.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Electric Pole
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Public Works
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Theme
Ammonium Sulfate
Atmospheric Pollution
Ecology
Energy
Environment
Military
Militia
War
Author
Pierre Malychef
A photograph we developed from a roll of negatives found in the domestic laboratory of ecotoxicologist, herbal pharmacologist and environmental activist Dr. Pierre Malychef. Malychef has written on the envelope’s roll “INCENDIE DORA” showing images that were all taken on the March 30th, 1989, documenting the dark grey smoke, molten oil and gas tanks. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Beach
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste