A chemistry disaster is those generally linguistic usage used name for a devastating accident in handling explosive or poisonous chemical chemistry disasters unfolds its destructive effect direct not always. Often the materials can cause decades later still damages to the environment, in addition, to the population.

For the disaster defense the disaster control does not only have appropriate equipment, but also a quantity of devices is to the fire-brigade and the THW for the meeting of such a case of loss at the disposal by the dangerous material course. For disasters of larger extent the chemical industry brought the TUIS project into being.

Admitted chemistry disasters

• 1921: Explosion of the Oppauer of nitrogen work
• 1968: Yusho - poisoning
• 1968: Chemistry accident in bitter field
• 1976:
• 1984:
• 1986: Swiss-resounds (Sandoz)
• 2001: Explosion in Toulouse

See also: Minamata, danger property accident

Reference works

• Stefan Disaster and institutional adaptability. In: Clausen/Geenen/Macamo (Hg.): "Terrible one social processes". (LIT publishing house) 2003, ISBN 382586832X
• Second danger report of the protection commission with the Federal Minister of the Interior, Bonn (office for federal administration - central office for civil defense) 2001
• Nikolai A. Behr: The development of the Rhine protection regime with special consideration of the Sandoz accident from 1 November 1986; Munich, 2003, 228 S., ISBN 3-9808678-0-3.

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