Say "Chernobyl", "Bhopal" or "Exxon Valdez" and people will spontaneously respond, "Oh, yes! I remember... something terrible happened there..." but that's about all they recall. Despite governmental and corporate efforts to make us believe that everything is fine, the reality is altogether different.
Thousands of people are still suffering from the long-term effects of these terrible tragedies, which rank among the most severe that humankind has ever seen.