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Pharmacy
Public Works
Water
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Vegetation
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Author
Pierre Malychef
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Power Station
Residential
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Album
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Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Content
Animal
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Toxic Waste
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Content
Smoke
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Envelope
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Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
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Content
River
Container
Envelope
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Waste
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
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Damage
Heritage
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
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Quarry
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Photograph
Container
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Quarry
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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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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Barrel
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Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Business
Cable
Residential
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Pharmacy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
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Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Laboratory
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
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Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
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Document
Photograph
Reference
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Envelope
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Water
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Document
List
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Energy
Environment
Explosion
Military
War
Weapon
Author
Pierre Malychef
Image of a 50 KG sack of Ammonium Nitrate taken and developed by Dr. Pierre Malychef at the Dora Port, 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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Content
Smoke
Container
Album
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Landscape
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Laboratory
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Wilson Rizk testing samples of toxic waste in the lab.
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Container
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Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
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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Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
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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Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Pylon
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Fire
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
River
Container
Envelope
Theme
Waste
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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/
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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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Quarry
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Container
Envelope
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Landfill
Marine
Pollution
Waste
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Content
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Church
Highway
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landfill
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
A tractor shovel moving piles of toxic waste barrels.
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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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Container
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Theme
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
River
Container
Envelope
Theme
Waste
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
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Content
Barrel
Container
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Residential
Toxic Waste
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Water
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Quarry
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Content
Power Station
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Container
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Animal
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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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
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Certificate
Photograph
Content
United Nations
Container
Folder
Theme
Environment
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Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
War
Weapon
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Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
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Content
Container
Highway
Container
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Theme
Commercial
Toxic Waste
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Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Pharmacy
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
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Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
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Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
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Electricity
Energy
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Container
Envelope
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Waste
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Content
Barrel
Port
Ship
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Toxic Waste
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Container
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Toxic Waste
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Animal
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Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Content
Container
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Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Content
Container
Container
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Toxic Waste
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Contact Sheet
Photograph
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
River
Container
Envelope
Theme
Waste
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Atmospheric Pollution
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Beach
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Content
Barrel
Container
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Residential
Toxic Waste
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Field Research
Media
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Container
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Waste
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Container
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Water
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Content
Powerplant
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Album
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Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Content
Barrel
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Toxic Waste
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Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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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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.
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Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
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Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Black smoke rising from the Zouk Thermal Power Plant.
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Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Herbology
Medicine
Pharmacy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Content
Power Station
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Fire
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
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.
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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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Theme
Land Reclamation
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Container
Envelope
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Environment
Field Research
Militia
Portrait
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Landfill
Portrait
Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
River
Container
Envelope
Theme
Waste
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Herbology
Medicine
Pharmacy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
A barrel of what appears to be like polyester resin, produced in Italy by SIRIC, a company whose main activity was the production of unsaturated polyester resins, about 12,000 tons per year, used for fiberglass boats, fiberglass products and artificial marble. The factory has been closed since the 1980s, but investigations and reclamation continued due to the spilling of dangerous materials into the ground and the subsequent discovery of underground deposit of poisonous waste on February 14, 1992. This barrel 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. Read more on: https://www.giornaletrentino.it/cronaca/trento/bonifica-siric-si-sgomberano-i-terreni-1.979797.
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Highway
Container
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Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Content
Container
Container
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Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
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Content
Power Station
Smoke
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Image
Note(s)
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Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Portrait of Pierre Malychef.
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Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Sanitary
Sewage
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Image
Note(s)
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Reference
Content
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
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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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Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Contact Sheet
Photograph
Container
Album
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landfill
Toxic Waste
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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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Conference
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Container
Envelope
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Field Research
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/
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Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Portrait
Quarry
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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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Field Research
Landfill
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Waste
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Quarry
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Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste