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
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/
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Media
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
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
Note(s)
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.
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
Power Station
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
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.
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Album
Theme
Symptom(s)
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Documentation of symptoms resulting from exposure to toxic waste.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Waste
Container
Folder
Sub-envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Highway
Powerplant
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Industry
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Container
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
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
Content
Powerplant
Residential
Resort
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Black smoke rising from the Zouk Thermal Power Plant.
Media Type
Photograph
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Quarry
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Discharge
Electricity
Energy
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
Content
Residential
Container
Envelope
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
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
Power Station
Container
Album
Theme
Damage
Electricity
Energy
Portrait
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cistern
Construction Site
Powerplant
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Fuel
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Inspection of toxic waste barrel.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
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
Powerplant
Resort
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Powerplant
Resort
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Agriculture
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Beach
Power Station
Railway
Container
Envelope
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Power Station
Residential
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Landscape
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Cable
Electric Pole
Residential
Road
Vegetation
Vehicle
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Portrait
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Toxic Waste
Author
Pierre Malychef
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Barrel
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Research
Residential
Toxic Waste
Media Type
Image
Photograph
Reference
Content
Barrel
Port
Container
Envelope
Theme
Field Work
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.
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
Field Research
Toxic Waste
Pierre Malychef examining a toxic waste barrel that is half-buried in the ground.
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.
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Construction Site
Powerplant
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Electricity
Energy
Media Type
Photograph
Content
Residential
Smoke
Container
Album
Theme
Landscape
Quarry
Author
Pierre Malychef