• Source: Vila Parisi

Vila Socó is a "favela" (slum) in Cubatão, Brazil, that was the site of a major industrial oil spill fire on February 25, 1984. 700,000 liters of gas were released, 1,000 homes were destroyed, and 100 people died. The geography of Cubatão prevented rapid dispersal of air pollutants released from the burning fuels. The German sociologist Ulrich Beck used the case of Vila Socó ("The dirtiest chemical town in the world") as an example of the "destructive powers of the developed risk industry."




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Levinson, Arik; Shetty, Sudhir (1992). Efficient environmental regulation: case studies of urban air pollution : Los Angeles, Mexico City, Cubatao, and Ankara. World Bank Publications. p. 37. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

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