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Shot in Mohamed Najeeb Street Khartoum in 2022, street demonstrations that continued all the way since 2021 coup. right to left translation: “No amount of bullets can kill our dreams — we will be victorious” “Our martyrs are not dead — they live within our revolutionaries” Image: Ala Kheir
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Photograph
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Vegetation
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Environment
Field Research
Militia
Portrait
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Video
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explosion
Fire
Power Station
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Social Media
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Atmospheric Pollution
Energy
Environment
Explosion
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Online users
ليلة ١٧ آب ٢٠٢١: فيديو للحريق الذي اندلع في محطة تحويل كهرباء لبنان في قصقص بعد أن سمع دوي انفجار في المنطقة قد يكون ناجماً عن انفجار المحوّل الأساسي في الشركة
Still from an unattributed video showing the scale of the destruction of one of the buildings of the Islamic Univeristy of Gaza that has been repeatedly targetted by Israeli airstrikes since October 2023 and before
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Photograph
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Electric Pole
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Envelope
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Electricity
Energy
Public Works
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
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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
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Barrel
Container
Album
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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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Residential
Container
Envelope
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Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
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Barrel
Container
Album
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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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Note(s)
Photograph
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Station
Container
Envelope
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Damage
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
Land reclamation project in Dbayeh under development. Currently known as Waterfront City Dbayeh.
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Photograph
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Residential
Container
Envelope
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Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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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
Album
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Laboratory
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Wilson Rizk testing samples of toxic waste in the lab.
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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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
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Barrel
Container
Album
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Field Research
Toxic Waste
Pierre Malychef examining a toxic waste barrel that is half-buried in the ground.
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Photograph
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Barrel
Container
Album
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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
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
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Barrel
Container
Album
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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.
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Photograph
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Barrel
Container
Album
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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
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Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Toxic waste barrels in the port of Beirut.
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Photograph
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Container
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Inspection of toxic waste barrel.
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Inspection and media coverage of toxic waste found in ʿOyūn el-Sīmān.
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Chnaniir gravel and sand quarry
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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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Image
Photograph
Reference
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Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
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Field Work
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
A tractor shovel moving piles of toxic waste barrels.
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Photograph
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Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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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”.
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Document
Minutes of Meeting
Container
Folder
Theme
Atmospheric Pollution
Energy
Fuel
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PDF
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Image
Photograph
Reference
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Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
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Document
Minutes of Meeting
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Powerplant
Container
Folder
Theme
Atmospheric Pollution
Public Health
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
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Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
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Document
Letter
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Powerplant
Container
Folder
Theme
Atmospheric Pollution
Public Health
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Photograph
Content
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
Fuel
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Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste