![]() ![]() The factory building had been built many years earlier and the local population did not perceive it as a potential source of danger. ![]() The industrial plant, located in Meda, was owned by the company Industrie Chimiche Meda Società Azionaria (Meda Chemical Industries S.A., or ICMESA), a subsidiary of Givaudan, which in turn was a subsidiary of Hoffmann-La Roche (Roche Group). Other affected neighbouring communities were Meda (19,000), Desio (33,000), Cesano Maderno (34,000) and to a lesser extent Barlassina (6,000) and Bovisio-Masciago (11,000). The Seveso disaster was named after Seveso, the community most affected, which had a population of 17,000 in 1976. This accident was ranked eighth in a list of the worst man-made environmental disasters by Time magazine in 2010. It resulted in the highest known exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) in residential populations, which gave rise to numerous scientific studies and standardized industrial safety regulations, including the European Union's Seveso III Directive. The Seveso disaster was an industrial accident that occurred around 12:37 pm on 10 July 1976, in a small chemical manufacturing plant approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Milan in the Lombardy region of Italy. Toxic chemical leak in Italy in 1976 A Carabinieri in a biohazard suit puts up signs warning of the presence of toxic chemicals. ![]()
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