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Photograph
Container
Envelope
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Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
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Laboratory
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Residential
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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.
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Highway
Powerplant
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Laboratory
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
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
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Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Portrait
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Land Reclamation
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Landfill
Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Herbology
Laboratory
Pharmacy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Inspection of toxic waste barrel.
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Container
Envelope
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Pharmacy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Landfill
Portrait
Waste
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Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Residential
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Container
Folder
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cistern
Smoke
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Energy
Fuel
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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/
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Wastewater Treatment Plant
Container
Envelope
Theme
Wastewater
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
River
Container
Envelope
Theme
Waste
Water
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
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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Container
Envelope
Theme
Landfill
Toxic Waste
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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
Beach
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
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Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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.
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Electric Pole
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Public Works
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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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.
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Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
War
Weapon
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Photograph
Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Contact Sheet
Photograph
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Port
Ship
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Laboratory
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Meeting
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
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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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
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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Note(s)
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Environment
Meeting
Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Pylon
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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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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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Residential
Resort
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Pharmacy
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Portrait
Quarry
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Ammonium Nitrate
Marine Pollution
Military
War
Weapon
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/ The photograph shows workers in a destitute hangar with a pressure-torn roof post-explosion. 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. A huge number of the sacks in the upper left part of the image are molten, due to the heat of the explosion.
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Content
Railway
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Pharmacy
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
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
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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Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Residential
Resort
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Album
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Blue barrel from the Italian toxic waste trade, belonging to 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.
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Meeting
Portrait
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Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Album
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Media
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landfill
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Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
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.
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Photograph
Content
Container
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Cable
Construction Site
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Animal
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Water
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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Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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
Railway
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Herbology
Laboratory
Pharmacy
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Animal
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
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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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Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Vegetation
Container
Envelope
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Container
Envelope
Theme
War
Weapon
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Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
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Container
Envelope
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Conference
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Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Landfill
Portrait
Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
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Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Wastewater
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Envelope
Theme
Agriculture
Atmospheric Pollution
Electricity
Energy
Resort
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
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Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Militia
Portrait
Author
Pierre Malychef
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
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Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Residential
Toxic Waste
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Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Quarry
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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.
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Content
Waste
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Conference
Portrait
Media Type
Image
Note(s)
Photograph
Reference
Content
Animal
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Marine Pollution
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Highway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Sanitary
Sewage
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
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.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Sea
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Author
Pierre Malychef
People fishing on the coast of Zouk Mosbeh, near the Zouk Thermal Power Plant.
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Pharmacy
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy