6. Awareness comes after incidents…
1930
Fog in Meuse Valley,
Belgium: 63 dead due
to fluorine gas from 27
factories
1948
Smog in Donora,
Pennsylvania, USA: 76
dead and 6000 sick
people due to SO2 and
HF gases from cable
and steel factories
1952
London smog: 4000
dead due to flue gas
from coal burning with
high sulfur content
1985-
1987
Vienna Convention &
Montreal Protocol on
Ozone Layer
1989
Basel Convention on
Hazardous Wastes
1992-
1997
UNFCCC & Kyoto
Protocol on Climate
Change
2001
Stockholm Convention
on Persistent Organic
Pollutants