Introduction (idea for the quote used from the preface of Poison[1])Excerpt from Silent Spring by Rachel Carson [2]“Once upon a time there was a town where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings... Then a strange plague crept into the area... Mysterious diseases swept the flocks of chickens; sick cattle and sheep died. Everywhere there was the shadow of death. The farmers spoke of many illnesses in their families. In the city, doctors were increasingly perplexed by new types of diseases... In the gutters under the eaves and between the roof tiles, a white granular powder still showed some spots; a few weeks earlier it had fallen like snow on the roofs and meadows, fields and streams... This city doesn't actually exist... I don't know of any community that has experienced all the misfortunes I describe... (emphasis added)" When Rachel Carson wrote her book in 1962, readers were quick to note that Silent Spring was a fictional novel and that the events described in the first pages of the novel were irrelevant and not actually possible. However, the events that occurred in Seveso, in Italy, at Industrie Chimiche Meda Società Azionaria (ICMESA) on 10 July 1976 would have shown the world the opposite; a disaster of this nature can occur near any chemical plant. Events (The series of events was adapted from The Roche Group [3])Between the years 1969-1970, ICMESA began the production of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (TCP), which is an intermediate product used to create many other products at the time. From 1970 to July 1976, there was an increase in production levels of TCP, which was all delivered to Givaudan, its parent company. The TCP productions took place in Building B of the facility where the incident occurred in July...... half of the document......alized. They don't know that these neighboring families have been poisoned and will have to leave everything behind. References[1] Fuller, John G.. The Poison That Fell from the Sky. New York: Random House, 1977.[2] Carson, Rachel, Lois Darling and Louis Darling. Silent spring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin;, 1962.[3] “Seveso-30 Years Later: A Timeline of Events Alleviating the Consequences of the Accident: Milestones between 1976 and 2006.” The Roche Group. http://www.siznursing.be/index.php?preaction=joint&id_joint=71790 (accessed April 21, 2014).[4] Fara, GM "The ICMESA accident. First intervention to protect man and the environment." Chemistry, Man and Environment 1 (1999): 3-16.[5] Axelson, O.. "Epidemiological evidence of the health effects of tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD) in humans." Chemistry, Man and Environment 1 (1999): 29-38.