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Important/Interesting Facts

  • At first the Chinese government thought that the explosion was a terrorist attack
  • Citizens evacuated by choice, not because the government told them to do so
  • The Chinese government lied about the extent of the damage to the people. They said there was barely any damage so there was no need for remediation
  • The government tried to keep it secretive until they had to notify Russia due to embarassment

Air Pollution Following The Explosion

Impact of Environmental Damage

  • Surface water pollution and decreasing water quality from spills
  • Air pollution from the fires and burning of chemicals
  • Soil contamination and groundwater pollution
  • Affected the food chain in the river and killed species
  • Benezene(spilled into river) is a carcinogen
  • 6 recorded deaths and 70+ injuries reported from explosion

Jilin Chemical Plant Explosion

Type of Disaster, Chemicals and Concerns

  • This explosion is considered a chemical disaster
  • Benzene was the main toxin released because the jam was in nitration tower
  • Nitrobenzene, analine, nitrogen and other toxins were also present in river from spill
  • The chemicals in river created a 80km toxic slick that went down river, through cities, one part of Russia and then into the Pacific

River With Chemicals

Description of the Event

  • On November 13th, 2005 at 1:45 PM there was a massive explosion at a Petrochemical Plant in Jilin Province, China.
  • Released over 100 tons of toxins into Songhua River
  • Explosion caused by jam in plant's processing nitration tower which produced benzene. Worker tried to unblock, but was unsuccessful.
  • Resulted in a fire and spilled chemicals into Songhua river

Halle Nahoum

Who was held responsible? At what cost?

  • The careless workers at the chemical plant caused the jam and the person who tried to fix the jam and 'gave up' ultimately caused he explosion
  • More extensive damage due to lack of response from Chinese government
  • No one was held responsible. No one was fined or put in jail

How was Damage Remediated?

  • The factory officials and the local government tried to clean up the explosion on their own at first by draining water and toxins
  • When the government got involved they closed the municipal water systems connected to the river. They then filtered water and waited for it to drain into the Pacific
  • Not 100% recovered today--much of water is still polluted in China
  • However, there are no long term effects on the citizens
  • There have not been any laws passed since the accident to prevent this in the future

After Explosion/Beginning of Remediation

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