Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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
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
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
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.
Media Type
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.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Silver barrels of "Alkydal F 22 tix" with a ratio of 60% Xylol (according to the label). It was produced in Germany by the German multinational and pharmaceutical company, Bayer. Alkyd resins are used in the formulation of wood and furniture coatings, parquet and floor coatings, exterior wood coatings, DIY and painter coatings as well as industrial coatings. 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
Container
Album
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Ammonium Sulfate
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. A destitute hangar with a pressure-torn roof post-explosion. We see 5 frontal sacks with the same “Ammonium Sulfate, BASF, made in Germany” mark as in another image with a close up portrait view of one of the sacks, dfound in the same album. Similarly to Hangar 12, the hangar is filled with white sacks, akin to the ammonium nitrate sacks we all became familiar with in the last 3 years. 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
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
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
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
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Residential
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Residential
Road
Vegetation
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Portrait
Portrait of Pierre Malychef during a conference.
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
Barrel
Beach
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
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
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
Waste
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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
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
Envelope
Theme
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Documentation of symptoms resulting from exposure to toxic waste.
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/
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Damage
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
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
Highway
Powerplant
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
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
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
explosion
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Subordinate militia men managing an illegal quarry whose environmental impacts Pierre Malychef has been investigating and publishing against, planted a bomb in the mid-1980s in his first pharmacy in Jal el Dib. The bomb was luckily detonated in Maychef's absence. This image shows Malychef standing in front of the collateral damage.
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
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
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
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Power Station
Railway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape