The Seveso Dioxin Disaster - "Italy's Hiroshima"
On July 10th 1976 Italy's worst industrial accident occurred in the small picturesque town of Seveso. A batch of chemicals left unattended over the weekend at the ICMESA chemical plant overheated, causing a chain reaction which led to a cloud of toxic material being released over the local area. At the time this incident was nicknamed "Italy's Hiroshima"....
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