On 1 November 1986, the fire at a pesticide warehouse of the chemical giant Sandoz, in Basel, caused one of Europe's greatest ecological disasters. Every Wednesday until Wednesday, 19 August, our summer series dedicated to Chernobâle proposes to revisit this cataclysm and to analyse its repercussions which have persisted until today. Sixth and last episode: the Rhine becomes visible again.
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On 1 November 1986, the fire at a pesticide warehouse of the chemical giant Sandoz, in Basel, caused one of Europe's greatest ecological disasters. Every Wednesday until Wednesday, 19 August, our summer series dedicated to Chernobâle proposes to revisit this cataclysm and to analyse its repercussions which have persisted until today. Sixth and last episode: the Rhine becomes visible again.