Cuyahoga river

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In 1969 - the year Greenpeace was founded - the federal government issued the Mrak Report (named for its senior author. Dr. Emil Mrak) which confirmed many of the dangers from pesticides described 7 years earlier by Rachel Carson. That same year the Cuyahoga River caught fire in Ohio, and a huge oil spill occurred off the coast of affluent Santa Barbara, CA, soiling the beaches of southern California. 

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Rice CP, Schmitz-Afonso I, Loyo-Rosales JE, Link E, Thoma R, Fay L, Altfater D, Camp MJ (2003) Alkylphenol and alkylphenol-ethoxylates in carp, water, and sediment from the Cuyahoga River, Ohio. Environ Sci Technol 37 3747-3754... 

Americans came face-to-face with the grim condition of the nation s waterways in 1969, when the industrial-waste-laden Cuyahoga River caught on fire. That same year, waste from food-processing plants killed almost 30 million fish in Lake Thonotosassa, Florida. 

Other environmental catastrophes in the United States occurred at about the same time as the Santa Barbara spill. The most famous of these was probably when the highly polluted Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio burst into flames about 6 months later. There was also a heightened awareness of air and water pollution in general, and of the impact of toxic chemicals such as DDT. 

Shortly after the deal had been concluded, disaster struck both companies. In February 1883, the Cuyahoga River flooded. The main Standard Oil refinery was saved, but some oil tanks were toppled and the oil spilled into the river. A massive... 

On June 22, 1969, the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio, caught on fire, when oil-soaked debris was ignited by the spark from a passing train car. Although only a brief river fire, this incident brought national attention to the poor state of the nation s urban rivers. 

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