¡Top 10 DESASTRES PROVOCADOS por el Hombre que Paralizaron al Mundo!

Name: ¡Top 10 DESASTRES PROVOCADOS por el Hombre que Paralizaron al Mundo!
Uploaded: 2025-03-06T22:44:50+00:00
Duration: 14 min 45 s
Channel: WatchMojo Español
Description: Desde fusiones nucleares hasta derrames de petróleo devastadores, los errores humanos han provocado eventos catastróficos que conmocionaron al mundo. Únete a nosotros mientras exploramos los desastres más significativos provocados por el hombre que dejaron impactos duraderos en las comunidades, los entornos y la conciencia global.

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6/3/2025

Desde fusiones nucleares hasta derrames de petróleo devastadores, los errores humanos han provocado eventos catastróficos que conmocionaron al mundo. Únete a nosotros mientras exploramos los desastres más significativos provocados por el hombre que dejaron impactos duraderos en las comunidades, los entornos y la conciencia global.

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00:00It's almost certainly the most severe accident that has ever taken place in the short history of civilian nuclear power.

00:19On the evening of the third day, the smog was at its very worst.

00:31In 1966, the coal industry was still booming in South Wales.

00:36The local colliery had been dumping waste onto Menydd Merthyr, above the village of Aberfan, for some time.

01:01The water that was running, combined with weeks of rain, caused it to turn off and rush towards Aberfan.

01:14In addition to destroying houses, it hit a school, causing the death of five teachers and more than 100 students.

01:20It was finally determined that the National Coal Board was to blame,

01:24although none of the members of its board had to face any repercussions.

01:30The tragedy was, in fact, avoidable, with the blame resting entirely on the National Coal Board.

01:36Surprisingly, they even tried to offer the victims the scarce sum of £50 each.

01:42Centralia fire, Centralia, United States of America.

01:46While some catastrophes caused by man last a few days and are finally resolved,

01:52others have been occurring for decades, without an end in sight.

01:57It all began back in May 1962, when local officials unwittingly sparked an underground fire.

02:19No one knows for sure how the blaze reached the coal,

02:22but it's possible that the pit hadn't been properly lined before the fire.

02:29As the trash burned, the townsfolk didn't realize it had ignited the coal beneath it.

02:35However, they ignored the law and caused the fire on May 27.

02:40It had almost immediate effects, creating sewers and high levels of carbon monoxide,

02:45which caused serious health problems.

02:48In 1992, the state of Pennsylvania expropriated all the town's real estate.

03:06However, you can still visit the place today and see the steam coming out of a fire

03:12that hasn't been extinguished in 60 years.

03:15Minamata disease, Minamata, Japan.

03:18This looks like something out of a nightmare.

03:21For decades, the Chizo corporation in Minamata, Japan,

03:24poured treated water with heavy metals such as mercury and lead into the local waterways.

03:46It also had a direct impact on who ate them, including humans.

03:51It wasn't until a girl got sick in 1956 that people realized

03:55that they had been eating contaminated food.

04:07The symptoms of the girl, who went from difficulty speaking to convulsions,

04:12began to appear in other people.

04:15This neurological disorder, which was finally called Minamata disease,

04:19affected thousands of people, and in 2001, almost 2,500 people were officially diagnosed.

04:26Almost a decade after the discovery in Minamata,

04:29a similar outbreak occurred in Niigata, another Japanese region,

04:32due to the contamination of an electric company.

04:42Oil spill in the Gulf War, Persian Gulf.

04:46The war has caused some truly brutal acts throughout history,

04:50and this is one of the most insensitive.

05:04During the Gulf War of 1991, things intensified to the point

05:08where no one saw it coming.

05:11In an attempt to prevent the troops of the United States from invading the country,

05:15Saddam Hussein allegedly ordered a massive and continuous oil spill in the Persian Gulf.

05:21It lasted a week, with thousands of tons poured daily.

05:31It covered the feathers of the sea birds,

05:35which caused the death of approximately 30,000 of them.

05:39A 1993 study that claimed that the environmental impact in the long term would be insignificant

05:45has provoked continuous debates since then.

05:48Considered one of the first real acts of eco-terrorism,

05:51this is still one of the biggest spills in the history of humanity.

06:04The oil could clog desalination plants that supply most of the region's drinking water.

06:22Libby got news of one of the worst environmental bombshells in Northwest history,

06:26widespread asbestos contamination from years of vermiculite extraction at the W.R. Grace mine.

06:34Asbestos are small fibers that cause swelling in the lungs.

06:38The company, W.R. Grace and Company, supposedly knew about it,

06:43and still sent workers to the mines every day.

06:53As a result, both workers and residents were exposed,

06:57which caused the death of almost 10% of the population.

07:01In 2009, the government intervened to provide more than $100 million in aid and process the company.

07:07However, they were absolved shortly after.

07:15Oil spill in the Exxon Valdez, Prince William Sound, Alaska.

07:19Although the accidents are involuntary, not all are defendable.

07:23In 1989, the oil tycoon Exxon Valdez transported oil from Alaska when the unimaginable happened.

07:40During the shipping process, only one officer remained on the bridge,

07:43a direct violation of the company's policy.

07:46He could not change course and came into direct contact with a nearby reservoir.

07:50Almost 6 million gallons of oil spilled in the first hours.

08:10The cleaning itself was disastrous, as it caused employees and volunteers to get sick.

08:15The environmental impact was even greater, with hundreds of thousands of dead animals.

08:19The blame fell on the captain of the oil company, who was supposedly drunk at the time,

08:24and was finally convicted of a minor crime.

08:35The Great Fog of London, London, England.

08:38In the 1950s, many cities had fully adopted industrialization,

08:44and London was no exception.

08:49Fog laid a blanket over the London area.

08:52The cold climate of the time caused more coal to be burned,

08:55and residents depended on a lower quality version with a high content of sulfur dioxide.

09:01In 1952, an anticyclone and the lack of wind caused the city's pollutants to be trapped in the air,

09:09which severely reduced visibility and triggered serious respiratory problems.

09:15Quite a number of people had bronchitis because of industrial pollution exposure and because they smoked.

09:23When they breathed polluted air, this became very hard for them.

09:30The fog remained for four days before a current of air finally expelled it from the city.

09:36Initially, it was reported that around 4,000 people died,

09:40but modern estimates place the number of deaths at approximately 12,000.

09:46This disaster was so serious that it prompted the British Parliament to pass the 1956 Clean Air Law.

10:06The Bhopal Disaster, Bhopal, India.

10:09Some chemical products that were created to be useful can have devastating effects on our health.

10:26In 1984, citizens of Bhopal learned it firsthand when several avoidable factors,

10:32such as the malfunction of security equipment and obstructed pipes,

10:36caused one of the worst chemical disasters in history.

10:39Union Carbide India Ltd., an American property factory,

10:44accidentally spilled toxic methyl isocyanate into the air and surrounding neighborhoods.

11:01Most of the residents were asleep at the time,

11:04which did not give them a chance to evacuate.

11:07More than 500,000 people were affected and almost a third were children.

11:12The number of deaths skyrocketed,

11:14and the survivors suffered physical, neurological and emotional scars.

11:19Finally, the company was held responsible

11:22and was ordered to pay $470 million to those affected in 1989.

11:28Oil spill in deep waters, Gulf of Mexico.

11:32Although it may be the most recent oil spill on this list, it is by far one of the worst.

11:48It was assumed that the BP Deepwater Horizon oil tank

11:53had a mechanism to prevent methane gas from passing through the pipes,

11:57but those valves failed.

11:59This caused the gas to rise to the drilling platform,

12:02which triggered a massive explosion that killed 11 workers.

12:06And this was just the beginning.

12:14It is estimated that 210 million gallons of oil were spilled,

12:18destroying entire ecosystems in the process.

12:21The spill had disastrous effects on local marine life,

12:24and some species mutated to have huge wounds and be born without eyes.

12:35In 2011, BP was officially blamed,

12:38but despite several criminal charges,

12:40none of those involved received prison sentences.

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12:51Very well, let's go to the end.

12:53The Chernobyl disaster, Pripyat, Ukraine.

12:56When most people think of tragedies that could have been avoided easily,

13:01this usually comes to mind, and the reason is obvious.

13:16In April 1986,

13:18the operators of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine

13:22tried an experiment to cool the reactor

13:25and check its performance during an emergency.

13:28A combination of an accidental voltage drop

13:30and a design flaw in the machine

13:32led to an unexpected voltage rise.

13:42This caused a giant fusion that released radiation into the air.

13:46Hours passed and dozens of people became ill

13:49before evacuation was ordered.

13:51The environmental impact was immense.

13:54Several trees died and several animal species

13:57lost their ability to reproduce.

13:59Cleaning is expected to last until 2065,

14:02which means that by then,

14:04the effects could be even worse.

14:17The idea? Shield the entire reactor under a concrete dome.

14:21What disaster, perpetrated by humans,

14:24do you think will have the greatest impact in the long term?

14:26Tell us in the comments

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