Below you will find a list of some well-known environmental disasters that directly affected human life and health. For this discussion, you will select a disaster and discuss the event's environmental epidemiological impact. Items to include within this discussion are the epidemiological triangle, risk factors, and short- and long-term health impacts for the exposed, the social health impact of the event, and the economic impact of the event. 

Note: Do not feel bound to these examples; if you would like to write on another environmental public health disaster you are familiar with, please do so!

1952—London: The Great Smog.

1970s—Niagara Falls, NY: Love Canal.

1970s—Vietnam: Agent Orange exposures in the U.S. military.

1976—Sevoso, Italy: Explosion and dioxin cloud.

1984—Bhopal, India: Union Carbide pesticide plant explosion.

1956— Kumamoto prefecture, Japan: Minimata Disease

1986—Chernobyl, Soviet Union: Nuclear reactor meltdown.

2001—New York, NY: Collapse of the World Trade Center towers.

2005—Graniteville, SC: Train crash and chlorine gas release.

2000s—Guiyu, China: Electronic waste village

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