ISSUES OF THE ENVIRONMENT: MAN MADE DISASTERS

Man made disasters may be industrial and technological mishaps like gas leaks, explosions, terrorist activities, chemical and nuclear war fare; pollution, sabotage etc.

Here I am pointing out some of the main man made disasters:-

1. FIRES: - It is an event of something burning and is often destructive and take with it lives and properties. More people die in fires than in floods, earthquakes, landslides and all other natural disasters combined. Fires are caused by heating sources, cooking accidents (unattended cooking or mechanical failure of stove), short circuits, combustible material accumulated in waste, smoking etc.

2. CHEMICAL AND INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS: - In the event of fires, chemical leaks or explosions occurring in industrial facilities, people are exposed to the danger of heat waves, poisonous gas leak, low oxygen levels, failing of structural elements, combustion of various products and heat waves. Many people may be killed, injured and would require immediate treatment. Inhalation, eye exposure, ingestion, skin contacts are the main routes of exposure.

3. TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS (RAIL, ROAD AND AIR): - The main causes of road accidents are the violation of traffic rules, speeding, drunk driving and poor maintenance of the vehicles and the roads.  Failures in an aircraft include technical problems, fire; landing and take off conditions, frequent storms, hijacking, bombing etc. Rail accidents are caused due to lack of maintenance, human error, poor loading of fuel, oil products etc.

4. TERRORIST ACTIVITIES: - These activities involve malicious acts of mass murder against people by carrying out suicide attacks, shooting massacres, bombings etc. The explosive devices in many of the cases are placed in most unexpected place such as roads, public places and public transport.

5. EPIDEMIC: - An epidemic is the occurrence of cases of a particular disease in excess of the expected, therefore, demanding that emergency control measures be implemented. The main cause for an epidemic is the pathogen. Epidemics are caused due to a number of reasons like poor sanitary conditions, seasonal changes, exposure of a non immune person etc.