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Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
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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Atmospheric Pollution
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Container
Envelope
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Pharmacy
Public Works
Water
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Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
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Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
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Herbology
Pharmacy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Documentation of symptoms resulting from exposure to toxic waste.
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Environment
Meeting
Portrait
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Portrait
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Beach
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
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Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Portrait
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Content
Media
Container
Envelope
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Conference
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
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Document
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Water
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Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Herbology
Medicine
Pharmacy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Symptom(s)
Author
Pierre Malychef
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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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Barrel
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Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Cable
Electric Pole
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
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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.
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Container
Envelope
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Toxic Waste
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Container
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Envelope
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Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
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Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Content
Powerplant
Resort
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Laboratory
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Smoke
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Album
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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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.
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Portrait
Quarry
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Quarry
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Container
Envelope
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Water
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Portrait
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Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Document
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Water
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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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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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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. 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/
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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
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Sea
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Heritage
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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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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Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Content
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Damage
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
River
Container
Envelope
Theme
Wastewater
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Document
List
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Damage
Energy
Explosion
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Land Reclamation
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Residential
Road
Vegetation
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Note(s)
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Sanitary
Sewage
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Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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.
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
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Photograph
Content
Beach
Power Station
Railway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Diagram
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Laboratory
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Content
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
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Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
Portrait
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Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Meeting
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Photograph
Content
Highway
Container
Envelope
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Media Type
Photograph
Content
River
Container
Envelope
Theme
Waste
Water
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/
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Pierre Malychef examining a toxic waste barrel that is half-buried in the ground.
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Hospital
Portrait
Public Health
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Pylon
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
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.
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Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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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/
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Conference
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Construction Site
Powerplant
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Electricity
Energy
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Damage
Portrait
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Water
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Atmospheric Pollution
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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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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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Militia
Portrait
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Sanitary
Sewage
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landfill
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Meeting
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Blue gallons containing residual products from chemical industries as indicated by their label that also reads in Spanish "M.L.S.A. via Puerto Cabello", a town in Venezuela. 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
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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
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Meeting
Portrait
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Residential
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Power Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
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.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Railway
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Flora
Container
Album
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
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Note(s)
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste