Media Type
Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
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
Content
Powerplant
Road
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Environment
Field Research
Militia
Portrait
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Beach
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
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
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Pharmacy
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
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.
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
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
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Animal
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
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
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
Content
Cable
Pylon
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Ammonium Sulfate
Atmospheric Pollution
Ecology
Energy
Environment
Military
Militia
War
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image taken by Dr. Pierre Malychef documenting the 1989 Dora Port Explosion and its aftermaths on March 30th 1989, showing a damaged hangars with sacks that other images found in the same album prove to be filled with ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate. For more information on the explosion, please go to: https://dark.society.systems/contribution/a-history-of-ammonia/
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/
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
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/
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
According to the label, the content of this 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 previous picture (probably of the back label) indicates that this barrel contains 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 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.
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Damage
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
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.
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
Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Symptom(s)
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
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Residential
Road
Vegetation
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Barrel lid from the Italian toxic waste trade discarded in a field in an unspecified location in Lebanon. The rusted lid reads, “…OTUNGRUPPE”.
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Field Research
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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/